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Leontine

What does Leontine mean?

Leontine Pronunciation of Leontine as a name for girls has its roots in Latin and French, and the name Leontine means "lion". Leontine is an alternate form of Leona (Latin): feminine of Leon. Leontine is also a variation of Leonie (Latin). Leontine is also used as a variation of Leontyne (French).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Le-, -tine

ASSOCIATED WITH lion

Variations

RELATED FORMS VIA LEONA, LEONIE, LEONTYNE Leoine, Leone, Leonelle, Leoni, Leonia, Leonine, Leonline, Leontina

CREATIVE FORMS
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leontine Noelani (L.N.), ..

How popular is Leontine?

Leontine is a somewhat popular first name for women (#3489 out of 4276, Top 82%) but a unique last name for all people. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Leontine entered the list in 1880-1889 and reached its highest rank of #932 in the U.S. then, but is not in the Top 1000 currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Leontine name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Leontine outside U.S.

Which version is better?

Popular variation forms of Leontine listed in the Top 2000 are Leona (#511 LAST YEAR), Leone, Leonia and Leonie. Usage of these forms of Leontine was at its highest during the years 1900-1909 (MEDIAN #671) and has become much less since (#1702, 91% LESS USAGE), with forms like Leone falling out of fashion.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Leontine, Leona, Leone, Leonia, Leonie in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Leontine and related baby names outside U.S.

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Bertine, Bettine, Deonne, Destine, Fantine, Fontaine, Georgine, Jeanine, Jeannine, Jenine, Jennine, Jensine, Jestine, Lantana, Leanne, Lenice, Lennice, Leoline, Leonarde (see Leonarda), Leonore, Leraine, Letice, Lettice, Lettie, Levonne, Lexine, Lonie, Lonnie, Loraine, Lorine, Lotie, Lottie and Montina. These names tend to be less frequently used than Leontine.

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