Leoni

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Leoni is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name17K records spelled Leoni6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Peru, Venezuela

  Also written Leoní, Leóni, Leôni, Leonî, Lêôni

• Italian given name6.3K records spelled Leoni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Spain

  Also written Leoní, Léoni

• Indonesian given name1.8K records spelled Leoni3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, South Africa

  Also written Léoni, Leoní

• Swahili given name1.2K records spelled Leoni4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States

  Languages: Swahili, Southern Sotho

  Also written Léoni

• a separate given name746 records spelled Leoni4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Leoní, Leóni, Léoni

• Croatian given name678 records spelled Leoni18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Netherlands, North Macedonia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Leonie, Леони, Léonie, Leoníe

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Leoni is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, do nome lat. Leo; o sobrenome se define com freqüência como Leonis.

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In German, a female given name, a less common variant of Leonie

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latin, dative singular of leō

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

AT Statistik Austria — Vornamen der Geborenen (1984–present) — 29 years between 1992–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Leoni W. Robinsonb. 1851USAmerican architect
• Leoni Ióriob. 1899BRBrazilian journalist
• Leoni Kingsburyb. 1909GBbadminton player
• Leoni Mendonçab. 1916BRBrazilian politician
• Karin Wolffb. 1947DEnot in their usual nameGerman translator and literary editor
• Leoni Jansenb. 1955NLDutch female singer and news presenter
• Leoni Torresb. 1977CUmusician
• Leoni Kristin Oeffingerb. 1983DEGerman voice actor
• Leoni Edenhoferb. 2000DEGerman association football player
• Leoni FaustDEGerman association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 400 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Leoni?

We estimate roughly 12 thousand people bear Leoni (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Leoni have the most bearers?

We estimate about 12 thousand people bear Leoni in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled leoni.

Is Leoni a male or female name?

Leoni is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Leoni mean?

Recorded meaning: probably an altered form of Catalan lleom a nickname meaning ‘like a lion’.