Leonora
2025 SSA
About Leonora
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.
Pronounced lee-uh-NOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Leonora ranked #1772 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #314 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #525.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,167 | 52 | 29.1 |
| 2015 | #3,417 | 47 | 26.3 |
| 2016 | #3,167 | 52 | 29.3 |
| 2017 | #3,421 | 46 | 26.6 |
| 2018 | #2,951 | 56 | 32.9 |
| 2019 | #2,718 | 63 | 37.5 |
| 2020 | #2,646 | 64 | 39.6 |
| 2021 | #2,432 | 74 | 45.1 |
| 2022 | #2,480 | 73 | 44.5 |
| 2023 | #1,899 | 105 | 65.4 |
| 2024 | #2,087 | 92 | 56.8 |
| 2025 | #1,772 | 114 | 70.9 |
World rankings
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Leonora on lists
Famous Leonoras
- 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"