Boy · Germanic
Leonard
Say it: LEN-urd
Meaning
From Germanic leon 'lion' and hard 'hard, brave'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in medieval England.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1920s
In the United States
- 293,703 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1920, about 1 in 193 boys
- 417 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Leo, Lenny, Lennard
| German | Leonhard |
|---|---|
| French | Léonard |
| Italian | Leonardo |
| Spanish | Leonardo |
| Swedish | Lennart |
Famous bearers
- Saint Leonard of Noblac, patron of prisoners
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonard Bernstein, composer
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Where this comes from
- Calendars of saints and name days
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Lives of the saints and early Christian martyrologies
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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