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Leonora - name meaning, origin|
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The girl's name Leonora \le(o)-no-ra\ is pronounced lee-a-NOR-ah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "compassion; light". Variant of Eleanor. Literary: Lenore was the lady lost forever in Edgar Allen Poe's poem "The Raven". The name was used for the heroine of three major operas "Fidelio", "Il Trovatore", and "La Favorita".
Leonora has 11 variant forms: Lanora, Leanor, Leanora, Leanore, Lenora, Lenore, Leonor, Leonore, Leora, Ora and Norah.
For more information, see also related names Nora and Helen.
Baby names that sound like Leonora are Leonara, Lenorra, Lenorr, Lenorah and Lenor.
Leonora is a very common first name for women (#1290 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)
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