Leonida
English translation/equivalent: Leonida
Origin: Derived from the Greek word Leonidas which can be interpreted as a compound of leon "lion," and -eides, "form, shape," therefore meaning "who resembles a lion," or more probably "one who descends from the Leone family."
Name Day/Onomastico: April 22—in memory of St. Leonida, martyred in 202.
Related Name/Other Italian Forms: feminine form of Leonide
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