Leonie (given name)
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| Gender | Female |
| Meaning | "lioness" |
| Related names | (m.) Leon |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Leonie |
Leonie is a Greek-origin feminine given name, (meaning "lioness"), from the masculine personal name Leon (meaning "lion"). Leonie evolved to Léonie in France. It is rare as a surname.[1][2]
People with the name or its variants include:
- Léonie Abo (born 1945), Bambunda author
- Léonie Adams (1899 – 1988), American poetess
- Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), American judge
- Léonie Duquet (1916 – 1977), French nun
- Leonie Frieda (born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer
- Léonie Gilmour (1872-1933), American educator, editor, and journalist
- Leonie Joubert, freelance science write
- Leonie Krail (born 1986), Swiss ice dancer
- Leonie Kramer (born 1924), Australian academic, educator and professor
- Leonie Laws British singer
- Myriam Léonie Mani (born 1977), Cameroonian runner
- Leonie Rysanek (1926 – 1998), Austrian dramatic soprano.
- Leonie Sandercock (born 1949), Australian academic
- Leonie Schaller (born 1978), German saxophonist
- Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
- Leonie Swann (born 1975), nom de plume of a German crime writer
- Leonie Wood (born 1961), Australian journalist
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