Leontyne

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Usage：English (Rare)

Meaning & History：

Variant of LÉONTINE. This name was borne by opera singer Leontyne Price (1927-).

LéONTINE female French

French form of LEONTINA.

LEONTINA female Italian, Late Roman

Feminine form of LEONTIUS.

LEONTIUS male Ancient Greek (Latinized)

Latinized form of LEONTIOS.

LEONTIOS male Ancient Greek

Derived from Greek λεων (leon) meaning "lion". This was the name of various early saints and martyrs. It was also borne by a 7th-century Byzantine emperor.

Names related to Leontyne：

EQUIVALENTS

ENGLISH: Leola, Leona, Leone

FRENCH: Léone, Léonne, Léontine

GERMAN: Leona

ITALIAN: Leontina

LATE ROMAN: Leontina

MASCULINE FORMS

ANCIENT GREEK: Leon, Leontios, Leontius

ARMENIAN: Levon

CROATIAN: Leo, Leon

CZECH: Leoš

DANISH: Leo

DUTCH: Leo, Leon

ENGLISH: Leo, Leon, Lionel

FINNISH: Leo

FRENCH: Léo, Léon, Léonce, Lionel

GEORGIAN: Levan

GERMAN: Leo, Leon

ITALIAN: Leone, Leonzio

LATE ROMAN: Leo

LITHUANIAN: Leonas

NORWEGIAN: Leo

POLISH: Leon, Lew

RUSSIAN: Leonti, Leontiy, Leonty, Lev, Lyov

SLOVENE: Leon

SPANISH: León, Leoncio

SWEDISH: Leo

OTHER FORMS

DUTCH: Leonie

FRENCH: Léonie

GERMAN: Leonie

LATE ROMAN: Leonia, Leonius