🔥Leonora

Italian diminutive of Eleonora or Eleanor, meaning unknown

Leonora Origin and Meaning

The name Leonora is a girl's name of English, Italian origin.

Its mellifluous sound makes Leonora--which has a rich history and a tie to the popular Leo names-- a keen possibility for revival. Though it's been hiding below the Top 1000 since the 1940s, Leonora is being rediscovered by stylish parents in the US and Europe.

Leonora has the distinction of being three major opera characters, including the heroines of Beethoven's Fidelio and Verdi's Il Trovatore. It was also the name of two characters played by Elizabeth Taylor--in Secret Ceremony and Reflections in a Golden Eye.

Leonora Carrington was a notorious British-born surrealist artist and writer who lived most of her life in Mexico.

Related names include Leonore, Lenora and Lenore, subject of a famous Edgar Allan Poe poem.

Leonora Rank in US Top 1000

# 1000 in the US

Leonora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 359 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Leonora

• 359 Nameberry 2025
• 890 Unique 2023
• 900 England 2023
• 298 Germany 2016
• 36 Denmark 2023

20 Names Similar to Leonora

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Leonora.

• Cecily
• Rosalind
• Lavinia
• Eleonora
• Rowena
• Lenore
• Gwendolyn
• Allegra
• Marcella
• Marceline
• Theodora
• Ines
• Magdalena
• Odette
• Petra
• Guinevere
• Sabine
• Isadora
• Delia
• Eleanora

Famous People Named Leonora

• Leonora Christina Countess Ullfeldt, Danish princess and memoirist
• Leonora Carrington Anglo,Mexican surrealist artist
• Leonora Evelina Piper American trance medium
• Leonora Stirling Holsapple Armstrong American,Brazilian Baha'i missionary
• Leonora Duarte Flemish composer
• Leonora Lucy Braham English operatic soprano
• Leonora Speyer Lady Speyer, American poet and violinist
• Leonora O'Brien Irish pharmacist and entrepreneur
• Leonora Blanche "Nora" Alleyne English fairy tale writer and compiler

The name Leonora in Pop Culture

• Leonora Elizabeth Taylor's character in "Secret Ceremony"
• Leonora Penderton Elizabeth Taylor's character in "Reflections in a Golden Eye"
• Leonora Ashburnham character in Ford Madox Ford's classic novel "The Good Soldier"

International Variations of the name Leonora

• Lioria Spanish
• Lionora Spanish
• Nelida Spanish
• Leonita Spanish
• Norita Spanish
• Leonara Spanish