Leonce
lay-onse
French, Greek
"lion"
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Updated Tue Jul 01 2025
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.
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# 943 in the US
Leonce Rank in US Top 1000
The name Leonce in Pop Culture
- Léonce de Mondovillemarried 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 Poitratcharacter in Céline's influential novel Mort à crédit (1936; "accountant at clinic, with an erection 'as hard as 36 biceps'")