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Leonidas

What does Leonidas mean?

Leonidas Pronunciation of Leonidas as a boys' name has its root in Old German, and the meaning of Leonidas is "lion strength". Leonidas is an alternate form of Leonard (Old German).

STARTS WITH Leo-

ASSOCIATED WITH lion, strength

Variations

ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA LEONARD Leondaus, Leonid, Leonides, Leonis

CREATIVE FORMS
(male)

(female)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Leonidas Nico (L.N.), ..

How popular is Leonidas?

Leonidas is a rare given name for males but a somewhat popular surname for all people (#92601 out of 150436, Top 62%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Leonidas reached its top position of #497 in the U.S. in 2017, and is presently at #502. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)

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

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

Which version is better?

The only other prominent variation form of Leonidas (#502 A YEAR AGO) is Leonard (#633). Adoption of these relations of Leonidas was more pronounced among parents a century ago (ADOPTION OF 0.5%) and has become much less since (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 88.9%), with the form Leonard becoming less stylish. Leonidas is the most contemporarily stylish boy name in this compilation.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Leonidas, Leonard in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Suggested similar-sounding names are Adonias, Aeneas, Aenneas, Aonghas, Cordas, Euodias, Fernandas, Georas, Jonas, Josias, Landan, Landis, Leander, Leandre, Leandro, Leandros, Lemond, Lendall, Lennie, Leomaris, Leon, Leonardo, Leoncio, Leondre, Leone, Leonel, Leonello, Leonerd, Leonhard, Leontios, Lewis, Lexis, Lindal, Lioni, Lionisio (see Leon), London, Lonza, Loucas, Louis, Loukas, Lyons, Rhodas, Rodas, Seoras, Tobias, Yonas and Zenas. These names tend to be more commonly used than Leonidas.

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