Baby name

FADING UNISEX · BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE
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Leonice

/lee · oh · NEE · seh/


“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.

leo · nica

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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.