Meanings
alternative Larned
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
"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.
1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, Simon&Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 5921 more example
- - - 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.
1844, Catherine Gore, The Birthright and Other Tales, Henry Colburn, published 1844, page 251 - A surname transferred from the given name.
- A surname from Irish.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Oakland County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
- A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
- A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
- A city in Fannin County, Texas.
Origin
- IrishÓ Leannáin
- Old High Germanliut“person”
- Old High Germanleo“lion”
- Old FrenchLeonard
- EnglishLeonard
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).
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Bengali লিওনার্ড
- লিওনার্ড (liōnarḍo)male given name
Chinese Mandarin 倫納德 /伦纳德
- 倫納德 /伦纳德 (Lúnnàdé)male given name
Danish Lennart
- Lennartmale given name
Dutch Lennart, Lennard
- Lennartmale given name
- Lennardmale given name
- Leonardmale given name
Esperanto Leonardo
- Leonardomale given name
Estonian Lennart
- Lennartmale given name
Finnish Lenni
- Lennimale given name
French Léonard
- Léonardmale given name
German Leonhard
- Leonhardmale given name
Greek Λεωνάρδος, Λεονάρδος
- Λεωνάρδος (Leonárdos)male given name
- Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos)male given name
- Λέοναρντ (Léonarnt)male given name
Hebrew לֵאוֹנַרְדְּ
- לֵאוֹנַרְדְּ (léonard)male given name
Hungarian Lénárd
- Lénárdmale given name
Icelandic Leónharður
- Leónharðurmale given name
Italian Leonardo
- Leonardomale given name
Latin Leōnardus
- Leōnardusmale given name
Latvian Leonards
- Leonardsmale given name
Māori Rēnata
- Rēnatamale given name
Polish Leonard
- Leonardmale given name
Portuguese Leonardo
- Leonardomale given name
Romanian Leonard
- Leonardmale given name
Russian Леона́рд
- Леона́рд (Leonárd)male given name
Spanish Leonardo
- Leonardomale given name
Swedish Lennart
- Lennartmale given name
Ukrainian Леона́рд
- Леона́рд (Leonárd)male given name
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Cite this entry
Leonard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonard
“Leonard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Leonard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leonard.
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