Given name & surname
Leota
“daughter of the people”
Leota is a variant of Leoda. One German interpretation is “daughter of the people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leota is a variant of Leoda. One German interpretation is “daughter of the people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leota is a variant of Leoda. An origin associated with Leoda is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Leota through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10,447
- 0 boys · 10,447 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 359 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 359 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,037 as a first name in 2020; 581 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Leota
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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