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By Brynn McKeon · Aug 2026

lee-O-nuh; LEH-o-na

Leona

OriginLatin
Meaning"lioness"
GenderGirl
Also a boy's nameShow me Leona as a boy's name
US Rank#429

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About Leona

Variation of Lona

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#600'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#738379212.2
2015#681419234.7
2016#596507286.1
2017#547565327.3
2018#508611359.2
2019#510616367
2020#484633391.6
2021#515600365.7
2022#531585356.7
2023#518586365.2
2024#488624385.1
2025#429723449.8
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#32🇭🇷 Croatia#88🇦🇹 Austria#90🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina#92🇸🇪 Sweden#164🇨🇭 Switzerland#215🇩🇪 Germany#270🫐 Nameberry#365🔮 Future#429🇺🇸 US#714🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England

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    British pop singer

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    British singer,songwriter, daughter of mountaineer Arne Naess

  • Lena Mindy "Leona" Roberts Helmsley

    American hotelier dubbed the "Queen of Mean"

  • (María de la Soledad) Leona Camila Vicario (Fernández de San Salvador)

    Mexican journalist and revolutionary

  • Leona Harriet Woods Marshall Libby

    youngest and only female physicist on the Manhattan Project

  • Leona "Binx" Walton

    American model

  • Leona Kate Vaughan

    Welsh actress

  • Leona Dalrymple

    American actress

  • Leona Hutton

    American actress

  • Leona Cavalli (born Alleyona Canedo da Silva)

    Brazilian actress

  • Leona Celinda Doty

    birth name of Leona Roberts, American actress

Leona in pop culture

  • Leona the Radiant Dawn

    character in the video game "League of Legends"

  • Leona Stoney

    character on the APTN show "Blackstone"

  • Leona Heidern

    character in The King of Fighters video game series

  • Leona Ozaki

    character in manga and anime Dominion

  • Leona Lion

    character on TV series Between the Lions

  • Leaky Leona

    a character on animated series "Codename: Kids Next Door"

Variations& nicknames

  • LéonneFrench
  • LionaHawaiian
  • LyonechikaRussian
  • LeonidaItalian
  • LeonitaSpanish
  • LéonieFrench
  • LeonorSpanish
  • LéonetteFrench
  • LyonyaRussian

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