Leonard

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See also: Léonard

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (lion) or Old High German liut (person) and hart (hard). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leonard

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
    • 1844, Catherine Gore, The Birthright and Other Tales, Henry Colburn, published 1844, page 251:
      - - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him.
    • 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, Simon&Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 592:
      "You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle.
  2. A surname transferred from the given name.
  3. A surname from Irish.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A village in Oakland County, Michigan.
    2. A minor city in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
    3. A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
    4. A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
    5. An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
    6. A city in Fannin County, Texas.

Usage notes

  • The given name has been in quite continuous use since the Middle Ages. A popularity peak occurred during the first half of the 20th century.

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Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Leonard is the 338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 91.475 individuals. Lange is most common among White (80.38%) and Black (14.07%) individuals.

Anagrams

Old French

Proper noun

Leonard m (nominative singular Leonards)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard

Polish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛˈɔ.nart/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔnart
  • Syllabification: Le‧o‧nard

Etymology 1

Derived from Old High German leo + hart.

Proper noun

Leonard m pers (female equivalent Leonarda, diminutive Leoś)

  1. a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Leonard
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Leonard f

  1. genitive plural of Leonarda

Further reading

  • Leonard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Proper noun

Leonard m (genitive/dative lui Leonard)

  1. a male given name

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Leonard m pers (genitive singular Leonarda, nominative plural Leonardovia, declension pattern of chlap)

  1. a male given name

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Leonard”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024