girl's name

Léonore

  • Origin French
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (France)
  • Births on record 6,727

France

#284

2025 births

Léonore is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 195 babies in France, ranking #284. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Léonore is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2025, when 195 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 3,023 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1900.

Léonore over time

Births per decade in France, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,400
'00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Léonore by decade in France
Decade Births
1900s 100
1910s 75
1920s 70
1930s 35
1940s 20
1950s 20
1960s 30
1970s 80
1980s 210
1990s 405
2000s 815
2010s 1,400
2020s (to 2025) 1,085

How popular is Léonore?

In 2025, Léonore was given to 195 babies in France, ranking #284 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Léonore is used

France #284 195 in 2025
Canada as Leonore #2,534 8 in 2024
England & Wales as Leonore #6,781 3 in 2025
United States as Leonore #12,228 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Léonore is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Leonore Leonore is a spelling of Léonore, used in Canada, where it ranks #2,534. 4,357

Names that peaked alongside Léonore

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Léonore also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Léonore over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Léonore

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Léonore — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Léonore

Is Léonore a girl's or a boy's name?

Léonore is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Léonore most popular?

Léonore peaked in 2025, when 195 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Léonore a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Léonore currently ranks #284 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.