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. ^[1] The name has declined in popularity but remains in use. Sixty-four newborn American girls were given the name in 2020.^[2]

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 Dodge, American politician
• Leonora Duarte, Flemish musician and composer
• Leonora Beck Ellis (1862-1951), American educator, author, poet, social reformer
• Leonora A. Hohl (1909–1997), American microbiologist
• 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
• Leonora Celestine Turzanski Ahlers (1839-1879) First female music teacher appointed by the Brooklyn Board of Education in 1871 ^[3]

Fictional characters

• Leonora Johnson, in the 2013 videogame GTA V.
• 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