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Pronunciation
  
/ˈlɛnərd/ LEN-ərd

Meaning
  
"lion strength"

Gender
  
Masculine

Region of origin
  
England

Leonard or Leo is a common English, German, and Dutch masculine given name and a surname.

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The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". It may also be from the Latin Leo ("lion"). Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners.

Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic O'Leannain, consisting of the prefix O ("descendant of") and the suffix Leannan ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.

Variations

The name has variants in other languages:

  • Lennard, Learned, diminutive forms Lenny and Len (English)
  • Lennert (German, Dutch, Flemish)
  • Lehnertz, Lehnert (Luxembourgish)
  • Léonard ([leɔnaʁ]; French)
  • Leon (French, Dutch, Flemish)
  • Leonard = "Renata" in Maori,Waitaha
  • Leonhard, Leonhardt (German)
  • Leonardi, Lunardi (Italian)
  • Leonardo (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Lenart (disambiguation) (Czech, Slovene)
  • Lennart (Swedish, Estonian, Dutch (Groningen, Friesland))
  • Lenno (Groningen)
  • Leen (Dutch)
  • Leendert (Dutch)
  • Lenni (Finnish)

    • In other languages

  • Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard)
  • Croatian: Leonard
  • Czech: Leonard
  • French: Léonard
  • Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard)
  • German: Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart
  • Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos)
  • Italian: Leonardo
  • Maori: Renātā
  • Polish:Leonard
  • Portuguese: Leonardo
  • Russian: Леонард (Leonard)
  • Serbian: Леонард (Leonard)
  • Spanish: Leonardo
  • Swedish: Lennart

    • People with the name or its variants include:

    Given name

  • Leonard Adleman (born 1945), American computer scientist
  • Léonard Autié (1751–1820), French hairdresser
  • Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor and composer
  • Leonard Burton (born 1964), American football player
  • Leonard of Chios (died 1482), Greek bishop
  • Leonard Cohen (1934–2016), Canadian singer-songwriter
  • Leonard Doroftei (born 1970), Romanian boxer
  • Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician
  • Leonardo Fibonacci ( c. 1170-after 1240), Italian mathematician
  • Leonard Fairley (born 1951), American football player
  • Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566), German physician and natural historian
  • Leonard Hoffman (born 1934), British judge
  • Leonard Humphries (born 1970), American football player
  • Leonard Labatt (1838–1897), Swedish tenor
  • Leonard Lance (born 1952), American politician
  • Leonard Francis Lindoy (born 1937), Australian chemist
  • Leonard Livingston (1920–1998), Australian cricketer
  • Leonard Low (born 1991), Singapore Cheerleader and competitive eater
  • Leonard Maltin (born 1950), American film critic and film historian
  • Leonard Mlodinow (born 1954), American physicist and writer
  • Leonard Nimoy (1931–2015), American actor and film director
  • Leonard of Noblac (died 559), Frankish nobleman
  • Leonard Peikoff (born 1933), Canadian philosopher
  • Leonard Pitts (born 1957), American journalist
  • Leonard of Port Maurice (1676–1751), Italian saint
  • Leonard Roberts (born 1972), American actor
  • Leonard Rosenman (1924–2008), American composer
  • Leonard Silverman (1930–2015), New York politician and judge
  • Leonard Slatkin (born 1944), American conductor
  • Leonard Steinberg (1936–2009), British businessman
  • Leonard Stone (1923–2011), American actor
  • Leonard Susskind (born 1940), American theoretical physicist
  • Leonard Thompson (1901–1968), British football player
  • Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British archaeologist
  • Leonard Wong, American military writer

    • Film, radio, television

  • Brendan Leonard (born 1984), US TV personality
  • Chuck Leonard (1937-2004), radio
  • Gloria Leonard (1940-2014), actress
  • Jason Leonard (born 1968), English rugby union player
  • John Leonard (1939-2008), critic
  • Joshua Leonard (born 1975), actor
  • Lee Leonard (born 1929), US TV personality
  • Marion Leonard (1881-1956), actress
  • Mike Leonard (born 1947), US TV personality
  • Robert Sean Leonard (born 1969), actor
  • Robert Z. Leonard (1889-1968), director
  • Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American film and TV producer
  • Steve Leonard (born 1972), English TV personality
  • Tony Leonard (born 1947), Australian radio presenter

    • Literature

  • Elmore Leonard (1925-2013), American novelist
  • George Leonard (1923-2010), American author
  • Hugh Leonard (1926-2009), Irish playwright
  • John Leonard (born 1965), Australian poet
  • Mark Leonard (writer), UK author
  • Paul Leonard (writer), UK author
  • Tom Leonard (born 1944), Scottish poet
  • William Ellery Leonard (1876-1944), American poet

    • Military

  • Edwin Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
  • Matthew Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Patrick James Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
  • Patrick Thomas Leonard, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
  • Turney W. Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
  • William E. Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient

    • Music

  • Adam Leonard, English singer-songwriter
  • Conrad Leonard, pianist
  • Glenn Leonard, American musician
  • Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch musician, conductor, musicologist
  • Harlan Leonard, American jazz musician
  • Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist
  • Matthew Leonard, English musician
  • Patricia Leonard, English opera singer
  • Patrick Leonard, American songwriter
  • Ronald Leonard, cellist
  • Scott Leonard, American musician

    • Politics

  • Bill Leonard (politician), American politician
  • Elijah Leonard, Canadian politician
  • Fred Churchill Leonard, American politician
  • J. Rich Leonard, American judge
  • Jerris Leonard, American politician
  • Jimmy Leonard, Irish politician
  • John J. Leonard, mayor of Bolingbrook, Illinois
  • Paul Leonard (politician), American politician
  • Richard Leonard, British politician
  • Stephen B. Leonard, American politician
  • Tom Leonard (Irish politician)
  • William Leonard (British politician)

    • Sports

  • Andy Leonard, baseball
  • Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard", 1896–1947), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight boxer
  • Bobby Leonard (born 1932), American basketball coach
  • Brendon Leonard, rugby union
  • Brian Leonard, American football
  • Buck Leonard, baseball
  • Cecil Leonard, American football
  • Dennis Leonard, baseball
  • Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher) (Hubert Benjamin Leonard), baseball
  • Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) (Emil John Leonard), baseball
  • Gary Leonard, basketball
  • Hookey Leonard, Scottish professional footballer
  • Jason Leonard (born 1968), English rugby union player
  • Jeffrey Leonard (born 1955), American baseball player
  • Jim Leonard, American football
  • Joe Leonard, motorsports
  • John Leonard (footballer), Gaelic football
  • Johnny Leonard, Australian rules football
  • Justin Leonard (born 1972), American golfer
  • Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), American basketball player
  • Mark Leonard (footballer), association football
  • Marshall Leonard, soccer
  • Meyers Leonard (born 1992), American basketball player
  • Michael Leonard, field hockey
  • Philippe Léonard, soccer
  • Sarah Leonard, archery
  • Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter
  • Stan Leonard, golf
  • Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), American boxer
  • William J. Leonard, American football
  • Leonard (baseball), first name unknown, played in one Major League Baseball game in 1892

    • Other fields

  • Adna Wright Leonard, Methodist Bishop of Buffalo NY
  • André-Joseph Léonard, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
  • Andrew Paul Leonard, photographer
  • Andrew Leonard, American technology journalist
  • Cynthia Leonard, suffragist
  • Emery Clarence Leonard, American botanist
  • Frederick C. Leonard, American astronomer
  • George Leonard, American lawyer
  • Graham Leonard, Anglican Bishop converted to Catholicism
  • Harry Ward Leonard, inventor
  • Herman Leonard, photographer
  • Jack E. Leonard, comedian
  • James A. Leonard, American chess player
  • Thomas Arthur Leonard, English pioneer of outdoor holidays
  • Vincent Leonard, Bishop of Pittsburgh
  • Wrexie Leonard, American astronomer

    • Fictional characters

  • Anatole Leonard, in the Robotech series
  • Ego Leonard, a children's Lego character.
  • Lenny Leonard, in The Simpsons
  • Lockie Leonard, in children's novels
  • Léonard (comics), cartoon character by Turk & De Groot
  • Leonard (demon), in the Dictionnaire Infernal
  • Leonard Hofstadter, in The Big Bang Theory
  • Lennie Briscoe, in Law & Order
  • Private Leonard Church, from Red vs. Blue
  • Leonard McCoy, in the Star Trek series
  • Leonard of Quirm, in the Discworld novels
  • Leonard von Lahnstein German soap opera character
  • Leonard Snart, Captain Cold from The Flash comics and TV series.
  • Leonard, in the Total drama series and spinoff.
  • Lennie, in the novel Of Mice and Men
  • Leonard (aka. King Mudbeard), a ruler of Piggy Island and antagonist of The Angry Birds Movie

    • References

    Leonard Wikipedia
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