The story
- Irish · borrowed fromÓ Leannáin
- Old High German · derived fromliut“person”
- Old High German · derived fromleo“lion”
- Old French · derived fromLeonard
- English todayLeonard
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).
Words from the same roots
Old High Germanliut all →
Leopold
IrishÓ Leannáin all →
Lennon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.