MEANING & HISTORY
What does Leonides mean?
The Catholic Encyclopedia explicitly identifies Leonides and Leonidas as alternative forms in the same historical saint-name tradition. The researched Leonidas account gives Greek leon, lion, with a patronymic ending.
This exact historical pairing supports the name-family account while preserving Leonides as written.
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Pronunciation & syllables
Synthetic voice reading
Origin and name formation
Greek
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Names in this collection
- Leonidas♂Son or descendant of Leon; lion-name family
- Leonida·Leonidas form in the Greek lion-name family
- Leonido·Leonidas-family formation: son of Leon or the lion
- Leander♂Lion and man in the Greek Leandros tradition
- Leonel♂Spanish and Portuguese Lionel; little lion
- Leonila♀Spanish Leonilla-family form, interpreted as little lioness
- Leonilo·Masculine counterpart of Leonila in the Leonilla family
- Leonita·A documented Leo-family form, with more than one possible longer base
Recorded combinations with Leonides
1 source-reported compound forms include this name as a component. Each part keeps its own history.
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Recorded use
- OpenHalalan / COMELEC · 2001
- 3 elected-candidate records ·
LEONIDES
· CSV row 1,590 · ODbL 1.0
These records document use of the spelling; they are separate from birth statistics.