Leonora (given name)
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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 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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which is a variation of Eleanor
Eleanor
Eleanor is a female given name....
. 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.
List of people with the given name Leonora
- Leonora BaroniLeonora BaroniLeonora Baroni was an Italian singer, theorbist, lutenist, viol player, and composer. She was the daughter of Adriana Basile, a virtuosa singer, and Mutio Baroni. Leonora Baroni was born at the Gonzaga court in Mantua. She sang alongside her mother and sister Caterina at court and across Italy,...
, seventeenth century musician and composer - Leonora BrahamLeonora BrahamLeonora Braham , born Leonora Lucy Abraham, was an English opera singer and actress primarily known as the creator of principal soprano roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas....
, English opera singer and actress - Leonora CarringtonLeonora CarringtonLeonora Carrington OBE was a British-born Mexican artist, a surrealist painter and a novelist. She lived most of her life in Mexico City.-Early life:...
, painter and novelist - Leonora of Castile (disambiguation)
- Leonora SanvitaleLeonora SanvitaleLeonora Sanvitale was a noblewoman and singer at the Este court at Ferrara, and along with her stepmother Barbara Sanseverino, was among the most "brilliant" noblewomen at the court. She joined the court in 1576 when she married Giulio Tiene, Count of Scandiano. Before this she had been at the...
- Leonora Christina (disambiguation), Danish princess
- Leonora DuarteLeonora DuarteLeonora Duarte was a Flemish composer and musician, born in Antwerp. She belonged to a wealthy Portuguese-Jewish family. They were marrano, meaning they outwardly acted as Catholics while secretly maintaining their Jewish faith and practices...
, Flemish musician and composer - Leonora of EnglandLeonora of EnglandEleanor of England was Queen of Castile and Toledo as wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. She was a daughter of Henry II of England and his wife, Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.-Early life:...
- Leonora JakupiLeonora Jakupi-Hits:* 1997 - "O Bo Bo" * 1997 - "Nuk me Duhet Gjermania" * 1998- "A vritet pafajsia?" * 1999 - "Ne Zemer te me Ndjesh" * 2001 - "Sahara"...
, singer from Kosovo - Leonora JiménezLeonora JiménezLeonora Jiménez Monge is a Costa Rican beauty pageant titleholder and the original winner of 2005 Miss Asia Pacific International. She was dethroned because of her participation in Miss World 2005 and the Miss Asia Pacific title was passed to the 1st runner up, Evgeniya Lapova of Russia. Monge did...
, former Miss Asia Pacific International - Leonora O'ReillyLeonora O'ReillyLeonora O’Reilly was an American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer. She was a founding member of the Women's Trade Union League.-Biography:...
, American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer - Leonora de Bourbon, the daughter of Crown Prince Felipe of Spain
Fictional characters
- "Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, the name of a main character in Donizetti's opera Rosmonda d'InghilterraRosmonda d'InghilterraRosmonda d'Inghilterra is a melodramma or opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Felice Romani originally for Coccia's Rosmunda...
- Leonora, the heroine of Verdi's operas La forza del destinoLa forza del destinoLa forza del destino is an Italian opera by Giuseppe Verdi. The libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on a Spanish drama, Don Álvaro o la fuerza del sino , by Ángel de Saavedra, Duke of Rivas, with a scene adapted from Friedrich Schiller's Wallensteins Lager. It was first performed...
and Il trovatoreIl trovatoreIl trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto... - Leonora Ashburnham, a character in the Ford Madox Ford novel, The Good SoldierThe Good SoldierThe Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion is a 1915 novel by English novelist Ford Madox Ford. It is set just before World War I and chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, the soldier to whom the title refers, and his own seemingly perfect marriage and that of two American friends...
- Leonora, a character in the film Topsy-TurvyTopsy-TurvyTopsy-Turvy is a 1999 musical drama film written and directed by Mike Leigh and stars Allan Corduner as Arthur Sullivan and Jim Broadbent as W. S. Gilbert, along with Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville. The story concerns the 15-month period in 1884 and 1885 leading up to the premiere of Gilbert...