Leonora (given name)

Leonora

Leonora Braham as Patience in the opera Patience
Pronunciation	/liːəˈnɒrə/
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Italian, Spanish
Region of origin	Europe
Other names
Related names	Eleanor

Leonora is a feminine given name which is a variation of Eleanor. It was relatively common in the 19th century in Western countries, ranking as the 314th most popular female given name in the United States in 1880. The name has declined in popularity but remains in use. Sixty-four newborn American girls were given the name in 2020.

People

• Leonara Elizabeth Grant (1931–2016), New Zealand actress, known as Lee Grant
• Leonora Baroni, seventeenth century musician and composer
• Leonora Braham, English opera singer and actress
• Leonora Carrington, Mexican surrealist painter
• Leonora Christina (disambiguation), Danish princess
• Leonora Duarte, Flemish musician and composer
• Leonora Beck Ellis (1862-1951), American educator, author, poet, social reformer
• Leonora Hornblow (1920–2005), American novelist, children's writer and socialite
• Leonora Jakupi, singer from Kosovo
• Leonora Jiménez, former Miss Asia Pacific International
• Leonora King, Canadian physician
• Leonora Jessie Little (1865–1945), Australian zoologist and philanthropist
• Leonora O'Reilly, American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer
• Leonora Sanvitale
• Leonora (singer) Danish singer, representing Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Fictional characters

• Leonora Orantes, in the 2011 film Contagion, played by Marion Cotillard
• "Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, a main character in Donizetti's opera Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
• Leonora, the heroine of Verdi's operas La forza del destino and Il trovatore
• Leonora Ashburnham, in the Ford Madox Ford novel The Good Soldier
• Leonora, in the film Topsy-Turvy
• Leonora, the villain of the Mexican TV series Miss XV
• Leonora, in the video game Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
• Leonora, in the novel In a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware

See also

• Leonore (given name)
• Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Spanish princess