Leontia

Gender Feminine
Usage Ancient Greek [1]
Scripts Λεοντία(Ancient Greek)

Meaning & History

Feminine form of Leontios. This name was used among Byzantine royalty.

Related Names

Rootleon
Masculine FormsLeon, Leontios, Leontius
Other Languages & CulturesLeona, Leontýna(Czech) Leola, Leona, Leone, Leontyne(English) Léonce, Léone, Léontine, Léonne(French) Leontina(Late Roman) Leontina(Portuguese) Leontina(Romanian)

Categories

animals, empresses, felines, feminine forms, high jumpers, isograms, lions, poets, writers

Sources & References

  1. Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Λεοντία.
Entry added November 20, 2020