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Leonora
Leonora Braham as Patience in the opera
Patience Pronunciation Gender Female Word/name Italian, Spanish Region of origin Europe Related names
Eleanor
Leonora is a feminine given
name which is a variation of
Eleanor . It was relatively common in the 19th century in Western countries, ranking as the 314th most popular female given name in the United States in 1880.
[1] The name has declined in popularity but remains in use. Sixty-four newborn American girls were given the name in 2020.
[2]
People
Leonara Elizabeth Grant (1931–2016), New Zealand actress, known as Lee Grant
Leonora Baroni (1611-1670), seventeenth century musician and composer
Leonora Braham (1853–1931), English opera singer and actress
Leonora Carrington , Mexican surrealist painter
Leonora Christina Ulfeldt , Danish princess
Leonora Dodge , American politician
Leonora Duarte , Flemish musician and composer
Leonora Beck Ellis (1862-1951), American educator, author, poet, social reformer
Leonora A. Hohl (1909–1997), American microbiologist
Leonora Hornblow (1920–2005), American novelist, children's writer and socialite
Leonora Jakupi , singer from Kosovo
Leonora Jiménez , former Miss Asia Pacific International
Leonora King , Canadian physician
Leonora Jessie Little (1865–1945), Australian zoologist and philanthropist
Leonora O'Reilly , American feminist, suffragist, and trade union organizer
Leonora Sanvitale
Leonora (singer) Danish singer, representing
Denmark at the
Eurovision Song Contest 2019
Leonora Celestine Turzanski Ahlers (1839-1879) First female music teacher appointed by the Brooklyn Board of Education in 1871
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Fictional characters
Leonora Johnson, in the 2013 videogame
GTA V .
Leonora Orantes, in the 2011 film
Contagion , played by
Marion Cotillard
"Leonora" is used for Eleonora di Guienna, a main character in Donizetti's opera
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Leonora, the heroine of Verdi's operas
La forza del destino and
Il trovatore
Leonora Ashburnham, in the Ford Madox Ford novel
The Good Soldier
Leonora, in the film
Topsy-Turvy
Leonora, the villain of the Mexican TV series
Miss XV
Leonora, in the video game
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Leonora, in the novel In a dark, dark wood by Ruth Ware
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