Leonela
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning little lion; diminutive form of Leona.
Babies a year
16
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Leonela by the numbers
Leonela was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 67 babies in 1985, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Leona
Like Leonela, each of these traces back to Leona: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leonela. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leonalioness; feminine form of Leo555 in the US (2017)
- Leeladivine play, cosmic play51 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonoralight, torch; a form of Eleanor71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonnalioness; a form of Leona or Leonie37 in the US (2017)
- Leolalion; a form of Leola or Leonie25 in the US (2017)
- Leondralion woman; a feminine form of Leon5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lion
Like Leonela, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Leonela
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