Leona is a girl's name of Portuguese origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 624 girls in the United States.
Leona belongs to the Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Leona first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #69 in 1904, and in 2024 624 babies received the name — 112,600 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Leona is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Portuguese origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Leona is a girl name. In 2024, 624 babies received the name in the US.
Leona comes from the Portuguese tradition.
Leona first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #69 in 1904, and 624 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leona is pronounced /liːˈəʊnə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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