Girl · Greek or Latin (uncertain)
Leocadia
Say it: lay-oh-KAH-dee-uh
Meaning
Uncertain. Perhaps from Greek leukos 'white, bright', but the origin is not known.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in Spain and in Poland as Leokadia; now rare.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 678 babies given this name since 1893
- At its height in 1899, about 1 in 29,100 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
Used by
The family of the name
| French | Léocadie |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Leocadia |
| Polish | Leokadia |
| Catalan | Leocàdia |
| Portuguese | Leocádia |
Famous bearers
- Leocadia of Toledo, martyr of about 304 and patron of Toledo
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Where this comes from
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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