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What does the name Leonisa mean?
by I like old names
12/11/2021, 10:00 PM
Rate my pnl - https://www.behindthename.com/pnl/219194
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- guasguendi   +1
12/13/2021, 7:23 AM
There also is a French form, Léonise (https://www.behindthename.com/name/le10onise/submitted).According to a French website, Léonise means "bold in battle"; however, this seems unlikely, as I couldn't find any similar name elements.So this is most likely a feminine form of Leon or its forms, since there are a lot of them (Leona, Leoncia, Leonarda, Léonide, Leonia, Leontina, Léonine...).
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- I like old names
12/16/2021, 9:49 PM
Thank you :)
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- ari.   +3
12/12/2021, 3:42 AM
Like the lingerie brand? Presumably an elaboration of Leon.
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- Dorchadas (Lucille)   +2
12/12/2021, 2:10 PM
Indeed. It could also have been based on (or inspired by) the Italian word leonessa meaning "lioness":• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leonessa#Italian (in English)
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- I like old names
12/16/2021, 9:49 PM
Thanks! :)
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- Felie
12/13/2021, 11:18 AM
Hi Lucille!!!I agree.
In Italian lioness is leonessa, in Spanish is leona, in Portuguese leoa and in French lionne.The Italian form is similar to Leonisa.
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