# Leonore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leonore/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,313 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,313 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 41, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Leonore.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 8 | 7,708 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,624 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,686 |
| 1991 | 5 | 14,415 |
| 1992 | 5 | 14,541 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,080 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,856 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,753 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,345 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,216 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,971 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,581 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,891 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,715 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,626 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 7 | 3,178 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Leonore

- Leonore Gewessler, Austrian politician and minister
- Leonore Annenberg, American businesswoman (1918-2009)
- Léonore Perrus, French fencer (born 1984)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.