Leonie

Template:Infobox given name Leonie or (in French) Léonie or (in German) Leonie is a Latin-origin feminine given name meaning "lioness", from the masculine personal name Leon (meaning "lion"). It is rare as a surname.

People

People with the name or its variants include:

• Léonie Abo (born 1945), Bambunda author
• Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet
• Leonie Archer, British academic and author
• Leonie Benesch, German actress
• Leonie Bennett (born 1993), Dutch cricketer
• Leonie ter Braak (born 1980), Dutch actress and television presenter
• Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), American judge
• Leonie Burke, midwife
• Léonie Duquet (1916–1977), French nun
• Leonie Elliott (born 1988), British actress
• Leonie Fiebig (born 1990), German bobsledder
• Leonie Frieda (born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer
• Léonie Gilmour (1872–1933), American educator, editor, and journalist
• Leonie Greiner (born 2002), German singer
• Leonie Hanne, German fashion blogger
• Léonie Horstmann (1898–1954), German writer
• Leonie Huddy, Australian-American political scientist
• Leonie Joubert, South African science writer
• Leonie Krail (born 1986), Swiss ice dancer
• Leonie Kramer (1924-2016), Australian academic, educator and professor
• Leonie Maier (born 1992), German footballer
• Myriam Léonie Mani (born 1977), Cameroonian runner
• Léonie Martin (1903-1941), French nun
• Leonie Rysanek (1926–1998), Austrian dramatic soprano
• Leonie Saint (born 1986), German pornographic actress
• Leonie Sandercock (born 1949), Australian academic
• Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
• Leonie Swann (born 1975), nom de plume of a German crime writer
• Leonie Maria Walter (born 2004), German biathlete

Fictional characters

• Leonie Pinelli, a character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Aunt Léonie, a character from In Search of Lost Time (À la recherche du temps perdu), novel written by Marcel Proust (1871-1922)

See also

• Leonie (film), a 2010 film
• Leon (disambiguation)