Leonie (given name)
Encyclopedia
Leonie is a Greek
-origin feminine given name
, (meaning "lioness"), from the masculine
personal name
Leon
(meaning "lion"). Leonie evolved to Léonie in France
. It is rare as a surname
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People with the name or its variants include:
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
-origin feminine given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
, (meaning "lioness"), from the masculine
Masculine
Masculine or masculinity, normally refer to qualities positively associated with men.Masculine may also refer to:*Masculine , a grammatical gender*Masculine cadence, a final chord occurring on a strong beat in music...
personal name
Personal name
A personal name is the proper name identifying an individual person, and today usually comprises a given name bestowed at birth or at a young age plus a surname. It is nearly universal for a human to have a name; except in rare cases, for example feral children growing up in isolation, or infants...
Leon
Leon (given name)
Leon is a name of Greek origin, derived from the first known Leon, the King of Sparta, Leonidas I . In Greek, Latin, French, and Spanish Leon means "lion". Derived from the Greek λεων meaning "lion", this name was borne by a 5th-century BCE king of Sparta...
(meaning "lion"). Leonie evolved to Léonie in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It is rare as a surname
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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People with the name or its variants include:
- Léonie AboLéonie AboLéonie Abo is a Bambunda author born in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1945. Her mother died while having her so she was raised by an infertile woman named Mabiunga. She went on to have an arranged marriage, joined the maquis, and in 1968 her husband was assassinated. She has...
(born 1945), Bambunda author - Léonie AdamsLéonie AdamsLéonie Fuller Adams was an American poet. She was appointed the seventh Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1948.-Biography:...
(1899 – 1988), American poetess - Leonie ArcherLeonie ArcherLeonie Jane Archer is an English author and a former Research Fellow in Environmental Studies at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies. Archer graduated from the University of Oxford in 1981, with ancient history honours, and became a Fellow in Jewish Studies of the Graeco-Roman Period, Oxford...
, British academic - Leonie BrinkemaLeonie BrinkemaLeonie M. Brinkema is a United States District Court judge, in the Eastern District of Virginia.-Early life and education:...
(born 1944), American judge - Léonie DuquetLeonie DuquetLéonie Duquet was a French nun who was killed by the military regime of Argentine President Jorge Rafael Videla during the Dirty War.-Biography:...
(1916 – 1977), French nun - Leonie FriedaLeonie FriedaLeonie Frieda is a Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer, working and living in the United Kingdom.Educated in the UK, France and Germany, Ms. Frieda speaks five languages...
(born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer - Léonie GilmourLéonie GilmourLéonie Gilmour was an American educator, editor, and journalist. She was the lover and editor of the writer Yone Noguchi and the mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour...
(1872-1933), American educator, editor, and journalist - Leonie JoubertLeonie JoubertLeonie Joubert is a freelance science writer with a special interest in climate change, biodiversity, natural history, agriculture, energy issues and wine....
, freelance science write - Leonie KrailLeonie KrailLeonie Krail is a Swiss ice dancer. She competes with Oscar Peter. They teamed up in 2003 and are the 2006 and 2008 Swiss national champions. Krail previously competed with Marc Fausch. They were the 2003 Swiss national silver medalists. Krail/ Peter are coached by Natalia Linichuk and Guennady...
(born 1986), Swiss ice dancer - Leonie KramerLeonie KramerDame Leonie Judith Kramer, AC, DBE is an Australian academic, educator and professor.-Education:Kramer was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, the University of Melbourne, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts in 1945, and Oxford University, where she gained a Doctor of...
(born 1924), Australian academic, educator and professor - Myriam Léonie ManiMyriam Léonie ManiMyriam Léonie Mani is a Cameroonian athlete who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.Mani represented Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics competing at the 100 metres sprint. In her first round heat she placed third behind Torri Edwards and Jeanette Kwakye in a time of 11.64 to advance to the...
(born 1977), Cameroonian runner - Leonie RysanekLeonie RysanekLeopoldine "Leonie" Rysanek was an Austrian dramatic soprano.-Biography:Rysanek was born in Vienna and made her operatic debut in 1949 in Innsbruck. In 1951 the Bayreuth Festival reopened and the new leader Wieland Wagner asked her to sing Sieglinde...
(1926 – 1998), Austrian dramatic soprano. - Leonie SandercockLeonie SandercockLeonie Sandercock is an Australian academic currently teaching at the School of Community & Regional Planning at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada...
(born 1949), Australian academic - Leonie SchallerLeonie SchallerLeonie Schaller is a professional saxophonist. She has performed in concerts throughout Europe, with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague, the Beethovenhalle Orchestra Bonn and the Staatstheater Braunschweig. She began learning to play the saxophone at the age of...
(born 1978), German saxophonist - Leonie ShortLeonie ShortLeonie Marjorie Short was a member of the Australian House of Representatives for eight months in 2001, representing the western Brisbane seat of Ryan for the Australian Labor Party, a party she had been a member of since 1981. Short was elected on 17 March 2001 at a by-election following the...
(born 1956), Australian politician - Leonie SwannLeonie SwannLeonie Swann is the nom de plume of a German crime writer. She studied philosophy, psychology and English literature in Munich, and now lives in Berlin.-Work:...
(born 1975), nom de plume of a German crime writer - Leonie WoodLeonie WoodLeonie Wood is an Australian journalist who is one of the most senior editorial staff at The Age newspaper, in Melbourne....
(born 1961), Australian journalist
See also
- Leonie (film)Leonie (film)Leonie is a 2010 film directed by Hisako Matsui and starring Emily Mortimer and Shido Nakamura. The film is based on the life of Léonie Gilmour, the American lover and editorial assistant of Japanese writer Yone Noguchi and mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour...
, a 2010 film - Leon (disambiguation)
- StadtpilotStadtpilotStadtpilot is a project of the Braunschweig University of Technology. Following the qualification for the DARPA Grand Challenge with the project CarOLO, this new project aims to send the project cars Henry and Leonie on a course through the Braunschweig inner city .On October 8, 2010, Leonie was...