Leonela
Girl · leh-oh-NEH-lah · Greek
Leonela is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “little lion”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Leonela mean?
Greek: Spanish feminine of Leonel, from Leon
“little lion”
Leonel is the Spanish form of Lionel, a medieval French diminutive of Leon.
- Say it
- leh-oh-NEH-lah
Is Leonela a girl's or a boy's name?
Leonela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leonela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Leonela, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1985, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Leonela in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Leonela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 59 | #2,670 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 34 | #3,781 |
| 2000 | 41 | #3,266 |
| 1999 | 44 | #2,988 |
| 1998 | 62 | #2,276 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 35 | #3,039 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 48 | #2,234 |
| 1986 | 31 | #2,972 |
| 1985 | 67 | #1,709 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
Nicknames for Leonela
Names like Leonela
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