Leonard

Leonard

See also: Léonard

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Larned

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛnɚd/

Proper noun

Leonard

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1844 Catherine Gore, The Birthright and Other Tales, Henry Colburn 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 unincorporatedcommunity 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.

Derived terms

• Leonardtown
• St Leonards, St Leonard's

Related terms

• (diminutives) Len, Lenny, Leo, Leon

Translations

male given name

Albanian: Leonard Bengali: লিওনার্ড (lionarḍô) Danish: Lennart Esperanto: Leonardo Estonian: Lennart Finnish: Lenni (fi) French: Léonard (fr) Friulian: Lenart Galician: Leonardo (gl) German: Leonhard Greek: Λεωνάρδος (el) m (Leonárdos), Λεονάρδος (el) m (Leonárdos) Hebrew: לֵאוֹנַרְדְּ‎ (léonard) Hungarian: Lénárd (hu) Italian: Leonardo (it) Latin: Leonardus Latvian: Leonards m Maltese: Anard, Leonardu, Nardu Maori: Rēnata Occitan: Launart m, Liunard (oc) m Picard: Lèyonârd Polish: Leonard (pl) Portuguese: Leonardo (pt) Russian: Леона́рд (ru) m (Leonárd) Sicilian: Liunardu Spanish: Leonardo (es) Swedish: Lennart (sv) Ukrainian: Леона́рд (uk) m (Leonárd)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leonard is the 338^th 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

• Landore, Renaldo, endoral, ladrone

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Old French

Proper noun

Leonard m (nominative singular Leonards)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard

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Polish

Etymology

From Old High German leo + hart.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈɔ.nart/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɔnart
• Syllabification: Le‧o‧nard

Proper noun

Leonard m pers (feminine Leonarda)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard

Declension

Declension of Leonard

	singular	plural
nominative	Leonard	Leonardowie
genitive	Leonarda	Leonardów
dative	Leonardowi	Leonardom
accusative	Leonarda	Leonardów
instrumental	Leonardem	Leonardami
locative	Leonardzie	Leonardach
vocative	Leonardzie	Leonardowie

Further reading

• Leonard in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Leonard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɔnard/

Proper noun

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

1. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Leonard

	singular	plural
nominative	Leonard	Leonardovia
genitive	Leonarda	Leonardov
dative	Leonardovi	Leonardom
accusative	Leonarda	Leonardov
locative	Leonardovi	Leonardoch
instrumental	Leonardom	Leonardmi

Derived terms

• Leonardko
• Leo
• Leoš

Further reading

• Leonard in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk