Leontyna
A Latin name meaning "lioness," the feminine echo of Leon. Only about 700 Polish women carry it, so most Poles have never met one, though a handful of girls still get it each year.
Leontyna Pronunciation
Leontyna is pronounced le-on-TIH-nah (/lɛɔnˈtɨna/).
What Leontyna means
Where Leontyna comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Leontyna begins in Latin, in the word leo, leonis, meaning lion. It is the feminine of Leon, and where Leon claims the lion, Leontyna answers with the lioness. In Polish that reading is plain: lwica.
The Latin root reaches further than one name. It sits inside leopard, the lion-panther of old bestiaries, and inside the long roll of popes and saints named Leo. Read on a school register, Leontyna looks formal beside the Zosias and Julkas, longer, older, harder to shorten.
When a shorter form is wanted, Leon does the work, crossing back toward the masculine. Feminine and unmistakably Latin, Leontyna keeps its lion close. Behind the calendar name and the classroom name stands the same animal, and the same word: leo, the lion.
When Leontyna celebrates name day
Leontyna appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 19 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Leontyna
1 in 32068 women in Poland is named Leontyna. 703 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1118 among female names.
Leontyna's popularity over time
4 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1086 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2024.
Where Leontyna is most popular
Leontyna is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Leontyna as a middle name
Leontyna is a first name for 703 women in Poland and a middle name for another 470, a 60/40 split, almost evenly. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 320th, between Linda (474) and Domicela (468).
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#318 Nel478
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#319 Linda474
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#320 Leontyna470
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#321 Domicela468
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#322 Bernardeta465