Leonid

Meanings

Noun

• Any meteor of a meteor shower that appears to radiate from the constellation Leo in November.

Proper Noun

• A male given name, a transliteration of a common East Slavic name (notably that of the first two Ukrainian presidents, Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma, as well as USSR leader Leonid Brezhnev).

Origin

• Leo + -n---id. From the constellation of Leo.
• From Russian Леони́д or Ukrainian Леонід, from Ancient Greek Λεωνίδας. Cognate with the English historical name Leonidas.