Leonie (given name)

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name =Leonie


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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. [cite web |url=http://www.babynames.com/name/LEONIE |title=LEONIE |publisher=babynames.com |accessdate=2008-01-08] [cite web |url=http://www.babynamecollection.com/leon.html |title=Leon meaning and Leon origin |publisher=babynamecollection.com |accessdate=2008-01-08]

People with the name or its variants include:

* Léonie Abo (born 1945), Bambunda author
* Léonie Adams (1899 – 1988), American poetess
* Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), American judge
* Léonie Duquet (1916 – 1977), French nun
* Leonie Frieda (born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer
* Léonie Gilmour (1872-1933), American educator, editor, and journalist
* Leonie Joubert, freelance science write
* Leonie Krail (born 1986), Swiss ice dancer
* Leonie Kramer (born 1924), Australian academic, educator and professor
* Leonie Laws British singer
* Myriam Léonie Mani (born 1977), Cameroonian runner
* Leonie Rysanek (1926 – 1998), Austrian dramatic soprano.
* Leonie Sandercock (born 1949), Australian academic
* Leonie Schaller (born 1978), German saxophonist
* Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
* Leonie Swann (born 1975), "nom de plume" of a German crime writer
* Leonie Wood (born 1961), Australian journalist

ee also

* Leon (disambiguation)

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