Leonor
About Leonor
This streamlined variation of Eleanor is common in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries, particularly Portugal itself, where it has ranked among the Top 3 baby girl names for over a decade.
In Spain, Leonor is the name of the princess -- Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz, Princess of Asturias -- who is the heir presumptive to the Spanish throne.
The "lioness" meaning is given because of Leonor's similarity to Leona or Leonie, names with a Latin root meaning lioness. But technically, Leonor is a variation of Eleanor, one of the most prominent names with an unknown meaning.
Pronounced leh-oh-NOR.
As of October 2026, Leonor ranked #2267 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #725 in 1909, Nameberry popularity #896.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,511 | 32 | 17.9 |
| 2015 | #3,815 | 40 | 22.4 |
| 2016 | #3,557 | 44 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | #3,460 | 45 | 26.1 |
| 2018 | #3,369 | 47 | 27.6 |
| 2019 | #3,697 | 41 | 24.4 |
| 2020 | #2,870 | 57 | 35.3 |
| 2021 | #3,588 | 43 | 26.2 |
| 2022 | #2,879 | 59 | 36 |
| 2023 | #2,835 | 60 | 37.4 |
| 2024 | #2,075 | 93 | 57.4 |
| 2025 | #2,267 | 81 | 50.4 |
World rankings
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Leonor on lists
Famous Leonors
- Leonor de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Ortiz
Princess of Asturias (b. 2005), daughter of King Felipe VI and heiress presumptive of Spain
- Leonor Telles de Meneses
queen consort of Ferdinand I of Portugal
- Leonor Fini
Argentine painter
- Leonor Elizabeth Ceballos Watling
Spanish actress and singer
- Leonor Varela Pilme
Chilean actress
- Leonor Kretzer Sullivan
U.S. Congresswoman from Missouri
- Leonor Rivera–Kipping
“lover by correspondence” of Philippine national hero José Rizal
- Leonor Oyarzún Ivanovic
First Lady of Chile as wife of President Patricio Aylwin
- Leonor Maia (born Maria da Conceição de Vasconcelos)
Portuguese actress
- Leonor López de Córdoba
Spanish memoirist, adviser and confidant of Queen Catalina of Castile
- Leonor Gonzalez Mina
Afro,Colombian singer
Leonor in pop culture
- Leonor Greyl
beauty company