Leona
Featured in baby name books
Leona is Latin for “lion,” the feminine form of Leo or Leon, with variants like Leonie. Hotel owner Leona Helmsley is a notable bearer.
Sources: Baby Names (Laura Emerson), Baby Names Made Easy, Baby Names Your Child Can Live With, The Everything Baby Names Book, Numerology for Baby Names
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Usage of Leona in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Leona against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Leona is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Leona in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 723 girls were named Leona, making it the #429 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 113,330 girls have been named Leona, with the most (3,335) in 1918. It is most common, relative to births, in Montana, Wisconsin and Washington.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Leona in other languages
- Lona Danish, German, Norwegian
- Leoni Danish, German
Leona name days
- September 28 Finland
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Leona
There are 133 towns and villages with Leona in their name, in 16 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 78🇻🇪 Venezuela 14🇸🇳 Senegal 7🇺🇸 United States 7🇨🇴 Colombia 5🇨🇷 Costa Rica 4🇭🇳 Honduras 4🇦🇷 Argentina 2
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Leona Vicario | Quintana Roo, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 5,731 | Map |
| Paris Léona | Montagnes, 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 3,065 | Map |
| Leona Vicario | Yucatán, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 2,754 | Map |
| Leona Valley | California, 🇺🇸 United States | 1,607 | Map |
| Leona Vicario | Veracruz, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 766 | Map |
| Playa Leona | Panamá Oeste Province, 🇵🇦 Panama | 556 | Map |
| Leona Vicario | Tabasco, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 502 | Map |
| Leona Vicario | Durango, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 463 | Map |
| La Leona | Guanajuato, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 363 | Map |
| La Leona | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 223 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Leona
There are 13 lakes and reservoirs with Leona in their name, in 6 countries.
🇲🇽 Mexico 4🇦🇷 Argentina 3🇨🇴 Colombia 2🇺🇸 United States 2🇨🇦 Canada 1🇻🇪 Venezuela 1
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| La Leona | Chihuahua, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| La Leona | Coahuila, 🇲🇽 Mexico | Map |
| Lac Léona | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Leona Lake | Indiana, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Leona Lake | Alaska, 🇺🇸 United States | Map |
| Laguna La Leona | Santa Cruz, 🇦🇷 Argentina | Map |
| Laguna La Leona | La Pampa, 🇦🇷 Argentina | Map |
| Laguna La Leona | Santa Fe, 🇦🇷 Argentina | Map |
| Laguna La Leona | Tolima Department, 🇨🇴 Colombia | Map |
| Laguna La Leona | Tolima Department, 🇨🇴 Colombia | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Leona songs
3 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Leona in their title. The best known:
- Leona – Sawyer Brown (1984)
- Leona (Under Her Skin) – Marie Lindberg
- Reina Leona – Esteman (2023)
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Leona
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Leona.
Leona Florentino
Leona Helmsley
Leona Lewis
Leona Machálková
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Leona as a pet name
FurryName has found 34 dogs named Leona in public pet registers, making it the #3,267 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (1), Worcester (1), Zurich (1). Leona as a dog name →
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