MEANING & HISTORY
What does Leona mean?
Leona is a feminine form of Leon, from the lion-name family represented by Latin Leo. The final a adapts an existing personal name rather than adding another animal word.
Courage and strength are symbolic associations with lions. The direct root is the animal name, not a prediction of a bearer’s personality.
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Pronunciation & syllables
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Origin and name formation
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EnglishEtymology & source
From Leon + -a.
A female given name from Latin, a feminine form of Leo through Leon.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Leona
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Leona Florentino
Filipino writer (1849-1884)
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
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distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Leona Florentino
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Leona in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Leona
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Lena♀Short form of Helena or Magdalena
- Leon♂Lion
- León♂Lion
- Leony·A documented Leona-family form
- Alona♀Feminine of Hebrew Alon, associated with oak
- Chona♀Familiar form associated with Asunción
- Jona♂Jonas-family name, ultimately Hebrew dove
- Lea·Form of Leah; biblical name with disputed root
What rhymes with Leona?
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Explore Leona further
Follow the sources
- Wikidata given-name item Q1129205 — Leona (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Leona Florentino (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q1129205 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Leona (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary: Leona (opens in a new tab)
Personal-name formation and etymological relationships; imported dictionary account consulted.
- Wiktionary: Leon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Leon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.
- Wiktionary: Leon (English) (opens in a new tab)
Consulted source-name etymology or explicit sense relationship supporting the stated formation.