Leonora

Where Leonora comes from

From the Italian short form of Eleonora, cognate to Eleanor.
— Wiktionary's entry for Leonora
  • Italian
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #309 among girls with 26 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  2. 1917
    Leonora Carrington born
    British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist
  3. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,122.
  4. 1998
    Leonora born
    Danish singer and figure skater
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Italian.
Namesakes
  • Leonora Carrington · British-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist, 1917–2011
  • Leonora · Danish singer and figure skater, born 1998
  • Leonora Christina Ulfeldt · Danish countess, 1621–1698
  • Leonora Dori · Italian noble, 1568–1617
  • Leonora Ruffo · Italian actress, 1936–2007

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.