Leonilda
Leonilda is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Portuguese.
- Italian
- Portuguese
Meaning & Origin of Leonilda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leonilda is a name with multiple cultural origins: Italian, Portuguese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Portuguese
The Story of Leonilda
Leonilda first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1909, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1920: 10 births, good for #3,097 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Leonildas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1964 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 125 Leonildas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Leonilda
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About the name Leonilda
Leonilda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1909 and has accumulated 125 births in the dataset. Leonilda's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #3,097. Use the chart and map above to compare Leonilda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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