Baby name
FADING
🇧🇷 Leonice
/lee · oh · NEE · seh/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Brazilian feminine name, likely a blend of Leoni or Leone with the suffix -ice common in Brazilian Portuguese naming; part of the mid-20th century Brazilian naming landscape.
Nicknames
leo · nica
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Generational Brazilian name; associated with grandmothers rather than newborns today.
The cultural moment.
Used in Brazil primarily in the 1940s-1970s; rarely given today.