Name: Leonard
Gender: Male
Usage: Leonard is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Leonard are in general originating from Albania, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Leonard across the world, see Leonhard, Léonard.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Leonard is: Strong as the lion, Lion-bold.
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Numerology of the first name Leonard: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 6. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: responsible, protective, stable, balanced, loving, compassionate.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Romantic, Nurturing
Ruling planet: Venus
Colors: Blue
Gemstones: Emerald
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The name Leonard is ranked on the 893rd position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 607200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.009% of the population. The name Leonard has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Leonard for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Leonard is 25 August.
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History and Origin
Leonard is a common English language masculine given name and a surname.
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.
English: from an Old French personal name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements leon lion (a late borrowing from Romance) + hard hardy, brave, strong. This was the name of a 5th-century Frankish saint, who became the patron of peasants and horses. Although it was introduced into Britain by the Normans, Leonard was not a particularly common name there during the Middle Ages. It was revived during the 19th century and became very popular. It is now also common as a Jewish name (cf. Leon.
Variant: Lennard.
Cognates: French: Léonard. Italian, Spanish, Portuguese: Leonardo. Catalan: Lleonard. German: Leonhard(t). Scandinavian: Lennart.
Short form: English: Len.
Pet forms: English: Lenny. Scandinavian: Lenne, Lelle, Nenne.
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15 July 2020
If my name, Leonard, is so popular, how come I can NEVER find a cup, hat, or anything with my name commercially engraved on it?
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