Leonora
Where Leonora comes from
From the Italian short form of Eleonora, cognate to Eleanor.
- Italian
- 4 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1880First SSA year, and the peak#309 among girls with 26 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
- 1917Leonora Carrington bornBritish-born Mexican artist, painter and novelist
- 1994The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #8,122.
- 1998Leonora bornDanish 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.