Leonor
Leonor is a girl name of Portuguese origin, meaning Shining light.
What Leonor means
Shining light.
Leonor sits at 6 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Leonor comes from
Portuguese names keep close to their Latin origins, with strong Marian and saintly traditions shaping the most common choices.
Leonor is recorded as Portuguese in origin. Browse other Portuguese names.
How popular is Leonor?
Leonor is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Leonor is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Leonor
Leonor sits in our light and brightness group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Light
Names like Leonor
These share Leonor's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Lena — Light, shining; torch.
- Lucia — Light.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
- Chiara — Bright, clear, light.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Laoise — Radiant girl; light.
- Liora — My light.