Leoni
Girl · LEE-oh-nee · Greek
Leoni is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “lion”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Leoni mean?
Greek: spelling of Leonie; French feminine form of Leon, via Latin
“lion”
A French feminine form of Leon, from the Latin and Greek words for lion.
- Say it
- LEE-oh-nee
Meaning borrowed from Leonie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Leoni a girl's or a boy's name?
Leoni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Leoni in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 110 girls.
Half of all the girls named Leoni in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Leoni in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,570 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 35 | #996 |
| 2008 | 31 | #1,064 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 93 | #466 |
| 2005 | 98 | #425 |
| 2004 | 110 | #380 |
| 2003 | 99 | #408 |
| 2002 | 70 | #487 |
| 2001 | 71 | #473 |
| 2000 | 71 | #468 |
| 1999 | 60 | #531 |
| 1998 | 59 | #533 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 33 | #755 |
How popular is Leoni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Leoni, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Leoni in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 96 girls in the US were given Leoni or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,742, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
- Leonie 80
- Leoni 16
Leoni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Leoni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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