Leonard ▼ as a boys' name is pronounced LEN-ard, le-AW-nard. It is of Old German origin, and the meaning of Leonard is "lion strength". From an Old French name derived from Germanic leon "lion" and hard "hardy, brave, strong". Name of a fifth-century saint, the patron of peasants and horses. The name was introduced into Britain by the Normans and became popular in the 19th century. Composer Leonard Bernstein; actors Leonard Nimoy, Leonardo DiCaprio.

STARTS WITH Leo-

ASSOCIATED WITH lion, old, brave, saint, peasants (farmer), britain (england), popular (famous), 19th century

VARIANTS Lee▼, Len, Lenard▼, Lenn, Lennard, Lennart, Lennerd, Lennie, Lenny, Leo▲, Leon▼, Leonardo▲, Leondaus, Leone, Leonerd, Leonhard, Leonid, Leonidas▲, Leonides, Leonis, Lonnard, Lonny

FEMININE FORMS Lenna, Leonarda

MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGSLeonard Amare (L.A.), ..

Leonard is a very popular first name for men (#107 out of 1220, Top 9%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#308 out of 150436, Top 1%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Leonard reached its top rank of #38 in the U.S. in the 1920s, and is presently at #633. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)

Leo (#50 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Leonardo (#92), Leon (#238), Leonidas (#502), Lee (#689), Lenny (#1690), Len, Lenard, Lennard, Lennie and Lonny are the popular varying forms of Leonard (#633) listed in the Top 2000. These forms of Leonard were favored as birth names in the 1900s (ADOPTION OF 1.4%) and are somewhat less widespread today (ADOPTION 0.8%, DOWN 44.8%). Leo has generally been popular among parents, though Leonidas has become popular as well, while versions such as Leonard have become less popular.

Recommended sound-alike names are Barnard, Bearnard, Bernard▼, Bernhard, Burnard, Dainard, Daynard (see Dainard), Derward, Edouard, Eginard (see Eginhard), Gearard (see Gerard), Gerard▼, Gerhard, Gerrard, Glennard, Godard, Hobard, Howard▼, Jerard, Jerrard, Kennaird (see Kennard), Kennard, Kenward, Kinnard, Leandre, Leandro▲, Leary, Leeland, Leland, Lemar, Lemarr, Lemond, Leomaris, Leoncio, Leondre, Leonel▲, Leopold, Leyland, Lombard, Lord, Mainard, Maynard▼, Meinhard, Menard, Raynard, Reinhard, Renard, Rennard, Reynard, Riobard, Riocard, Seward, Steinard, Vernard and Woodard. These names tend to be less commonly used than Leonard.

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