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Leonie is a Latin-origin feminine given name, (meaning "lioness"), from the masculine personal name Leon (meaning "lion"). Leonie evolved to Léonie in France. It is rare as a surname.
The name Leoni/Leonie also derives from the Greek name Leonidas. It is commonly used in Greece, but with a different pronunciation than in English.
In Eastern Orthodox Christianity there are several saints named Saint/Agios Leonidas. Therefore, a child born into orthodoxy would have their name day (religious celebration m. See: name day) People with the name or its variants would celebrate on the day the Saint was killed.
People with the name or its variants include:
- Léonie Abo (born 1945), Bambunda author
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988), American poet
- Leonie Archer, British academic
- Leonie Bennett (born 1993), Dutch cricketer
- Leonie Brinkema (born 1944), American judge
- Léonie Duquet (1916–1977), French nun
- Leonie Frieda (born 1956), Swedish-born former model, translator, and writer
- Léonie Gilmour (1872–1933), American educator, editor, and journalist
- Leonie Joubert, freelance science writer
- Leonie Krail (born 1986), Swiss ice dancer
- Leonie Kramer (1924-2016), Australian academic, educator and professor
- Myriam Léonie Mani (born 1977), Cameroonian runner
- Leonie Maier (born 1992), German footballer
- Marie Léonie Martin (1863–1941), sister of Therese of Lisieux
- Leonie Rysanek (1926–1998), Austrian dramatic soprano
- Leonie Saint (born 1986), German pornographic actress
- Leonie Sandercock (born 1949), Australian academic
- Leonie Schaller (born 1978), German saxophonist
- Leonie Short (born 1956), Australian politician
- Leonie Swann (born 1975), nom de plume of a German crime writer
- Leonie Wood (born 1961), Australian journalist
is a 2010 Japanese film directed by Hisako Matsui and starring Emily Mortimer and Shido Nakamura. The film is based on the life of Léonie Gilmour, the American lover and editorial assistant of Japanese writer Yone Noguchi and mother of sculptor Isamu Noguchi and dancer Ailes Gilmour.
Production started in April 2009 and the film was released in Japan on November 20, 2010. An extensively reedited version of the film began a limited theatrical run in the United States on March 22, 2013 and was released on DVD on May 14, 2013.