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Leonardo
Say it: leh-oh-NAR-doh
Meaning
From Germanic Leonhard, from Latin leo 'lion' and Germanic hard 'hardy, brave'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Leonardo has been the most popular boys' name in Italy in recent years.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 75,875 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 405 boys
- 4,077 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
ItalianSpanishPortugueseMexicanCentral AmericanAndeanArgentineCaribbeanBrazilian
The family of the name
Other spellings: Leo
| English | Leonard |
|---|---|
| German | Leonhard |
| French | Léonard |
| Italian | Leonardo |
| Portuguese | Leonardo |
Famous bearers
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Leonardo Fibonacci, mathematician of Pisa
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.