Leonore
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from German Leonore.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Leonore (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Leonore has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 41 |
| 2018 | 51 |
| 2019 | 44 |
| 2020 | 44 |
| 2021 | 32 |
| 2022 | 32 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 30 |
| 2000 | 29 |
| 2001 | 27 |
| 2002 | 28 |
| 2003 | 27 |
| 2004 | 27 |
| 2005 | 27 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2007 | 29 |
| 2008 | 28 |
| 2009 | 28 |
| 2010 | 30 |
| 2011 | 31 |
| 2012 | 33 |
| 2013 | 35 |
| 2014 | 42 |
| 2015 | 56 |
| 2016 | 86 |
| 2017 | 130 |
| 2018 | 180 |
| 2019 | 225 |
| 2020 | 266 |
Leonore in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Leonore.Hi! My name is Leonore.
- Leonore ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Leonore called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Leonore har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Leonore has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Leonores mamma är lärare.Leonore's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Leonores mamma is Leonore's mum.
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Questions about Leonore
How do you pronounce Leonore in Swedish?
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What does the name Leonore mean?
Borrowed from German Leonore.
How popular is Leonore in Sweden?
32 babies were named Leonore in 2022. In 2020, 266 people in Sweden had Leonore as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.