Leonce

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French, Greek

"lion"

Leonce Origin and Meaning

The name Leonce is a boy's name meaning "lion".

A chic French vintage name on the rise there for both sexes, which would make for an unconventional route to Leo.

Leonce Rank in US Top 1000

# 943 in the US

Leonce in Pop Culture

• French form of the Greek LEONTIOS
• Léonce de Mondoville married lover of Delphine de Abbémar in Madame de Staël's epistolary novel Delphine (1802); in part inspired by the author's lover, Benjamin Constant
• Léonce Poitrat character in Céline's influential novel Mort à crédit (1936; "accountant at clinic, with an erection 'as hard as 36 biceps'")