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Leonora (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
/liːəˈnɒrə/

Word/name
  
Italian, Spanish

Related names
  
Eleanor

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
Europe

Leonora (given name)

Leonora or Leonore 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 US in 1880. The name became less popular in the 20th Century, and is now the 2138th most popular name in the US with 7,774 people with the first name.

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List of people with the given name Leonora or Leonore

  • Leonora Baroni, seventeenth century musician and composer
  • Leonora Braham, English opera singer and actress
  • Leonora Carrington, painter and novelist
  • Leonora Sanvitale
  • Leonora Christina (disambiguation), Danish princess
  • Leonora Duarte, Flemish musician and composer
  • Leonora Jakupi, singer from Kosovo
  • Leonora Jiménez, former Miss Asia Pacific International
  • Leonora O'Reilly, American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer
  • Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Spanish princess
  • Princess Leonore, Duchess of Gotland, Swedish princess

    • Fictional characters

  • Leonora Orantes, a fictional character played by Marion Cotillard in the 2011 film Contagion
  • "Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, the name of 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, a character in the Ford Madox Ford novel, The Good Soldier
  • Leonora, a character in the film Topsy-Turvy
  • Leonora, the villain of "Miss XV"
  • Leonora, a character in the novel In A Dark, Dark Wood

    • References

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