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[ syll. leo-nor, le-on-or ] The girl name Leonor is pronounced LIYahN-er †. Leonor has its origins in the Old Provençal and Old Greek languages. It is used largely in Portuguese and Spanish. Leonor is a variant form (Portuguese and Spanish) of Eleanor (English). Leonor is also a variant form (Spanish) of Helen (English).
Leonor is rare as a baby girl name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1909, 0.008% of baby girls were named Leonor. It was #725 in rank then. The baby name has dropped in popularity since then, and is currently of only sporadic use. In 2008, out of the family of girl names directly related to Leonor, Eleanor was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Leonor include Leanora (English), Lenoir (English), Lenora (English and Spanish), Leonore (German and English), Leemor (Hebrew), Lenore (English), Leonora (German, Greek, Italian, English, and Spanish), Lanora (English), and Limor (Hebrew).
† approx English pronunciation for Leonor: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)"   |
