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Leopold
Say it: LAY-oh-polt
Meaning
From Germanic liut 'people' and bald 'bold'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The patron saint's name of Austria and of Habsburg emperors, now popular again.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 3,600 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 11,300 boys
- 119 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Luitpold
| English | Leopold |
|---|---|
| Italian | Leopoldo |
| Spanish | Leopoldo |
| French | Léopold |
| Polish | Leopold |
Famous bearers
- Saint Leopold III, margrave and patron of Austria
- Leopold I, king of the Belgians
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Calendars of saints and name days
- National birth statistics of European countries 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.