🔥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.

# 1000 in the US

Leonora Rank in US Top 1000

# 396 on Nameberry

Leonora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Leonora Popularity

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

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"