Leonidas
Leonidas is a Greek male given name.
Origin and meaning
Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας Leonidas
Ionic Λεωνίδης Leonidis
The name is of ancient Greek origin and means the lion-like .
variants
- Short form: Lenas or Leon or Leo
- Albanian : Leonit
- German : Leonides, Leoneidas
- Portuguese : Leônidas
- Russian : Leonid
- Spanish : Leonidas
- Ukrainian : Leonid
Name days
- January 28th Leonidas, martyr of Thebes
- April 15th Leonidas of Athens , Bishop of Athens
- April 16th Leonidas of Trizina , martyr of Corinth
- April 16th Leonidas, martyr of Pontus
- April 22nd Leonides , martyr of Alexandria
- August 8th Leonides, youthful martyr of Constantinople
- September 2 Leonides, martyr (place and time unknown)
- October 24th (Protestant) and October 11th (Orthodox) Leonid von Optina , Russian monk and pastor
Well-known namesake
Ancient people
- Leonidas I , Spartan king from 490 to 480 BC Chr.
- Leonidas II , Spartan king from 254 to 235 BC Chr.
- Leonidas (pedagogue) , teacher of Alexander the great in the 4th century BC Chr.
- Leonidas of Rhodes , runner in the ancient Olympic games
- Leonidas of Taranto, poet in the 3rd century BC Chr.
Given name Leonidas
- Leonidas Donskis (1962–2016), Lithuanian philosopher
- Leonidas von Popp (1831–1908), Austrian officer (general of the infantry), professor of strategy
- Leonidas Kampantais (* 1982), Greek football player
- Leonidas Kavakos (* 1967), Greek violinist
- Léonidas Kestekides, founder of the Belgian chocolate manufacturer Leonidas
- Leonidas Polk (1806–1864), Confederate General
- Leonidas Pyrgos (* 1871), Greek fencer, first Greek gold medal winner at the modern Olympic Games
- Leônidas da Silva (1913-2004), Brazilian football player
First name Leonid
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906–1982), Soviet politician
- Leonid Bronewoi (1928–2017), Soviet and Russian theater and film actor
- Leonid Dimov (1926–1987), Romanian poet and translator
- Leonid Gaidai (1923–1993), Russian director and screenwriter
- Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), American economist and Nobel Prize winner
- Leonid Judassin (* 1959), Israeli chess master
- Leonid Kanewski (* 1939), Soviet-Russian-Israeli actor
- Leonid Kantorowitsch (1912–1986), Soviet mathematician and economist
- Leonid Kinskey (1903-1998), Russian-American film and television actor
- Leonid Kravchuk (* 1934), Ukrainian politician
- Leonid Kuchma (* 1938), Ukrainian politician
- Leonid Mandelstam (1879–1944), Russian physicist
- Leonid Markin (* 1981 or 1982), Russian poker player
- Leonid Sobolew (1844–1913), Russian-Bulgarian general, politician
- Leonid Utjossow (1895–1982), Russian jazz singer and actor
Surname
- Dimitri Leonidas (* 1987), British actor
- Georgina Leonidas (* 1990), British actress
- Stephanie Leonidas (* 1984), British actress