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Leonard en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈlɛnɚd/ (US)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • - - - 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:
   • "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 592:
2. A surname transferred from the given name.
3. A surname from Irish.
4. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Oakland County, Michigan.
5. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
6. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
7. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
8. A number of places in the United States: ▸ An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
9. A number of places in the United States: ▸ A city in Fannin County, Texas.

Forms

Deriveds

St Leonard's · St Leonards · Leonardtown

Relateds

Leon · Lenny · Leo · Len

Translations (39)

ro Leonard (male given name) · sv Lennart (male given name) · nl Lennart (male given name) · is Leónharður (male given name) · de Leonhard (male given name) · sq Leonard (male given name) · la Leōnardus (male given name) · eo Leonardo (male given name) · fr Léonard (male given name) · nl Leonard (male given name) · mt Nardu (male given name) · fi Lenni (male given name) · uk Леона́рд (male given name) · mt Anard (male given name) · el Λέοναρντ (male given name) · he לֵאוֹנַרְדְּ (male given name) · it Leonardo (male given name) · da Lennart (male given name) · scn Lunardu (male given name) · gl Leonardo (male given name) · el Λεονάρδος (male given name) · pl Leonard (male given name) · ru Леона́рд (male given name) · pt Leonardo (male given name) · et Lennart (male given name) · nl Lennard (male given name) · lv Leonards (male given name) · mi Rēnata (male given name) · el Λεωνάρδος (male given name) · bn লিওনার্ড (male given name) · hu Lénárd (male given name) · mt Leonardu (male given name) · oc Launart (male given name) · cmn 倫納德 /伦纳德 (male given name) · fur Lenart (male given name) · oc Liunard (male given name) · es Leonardo (male given name) · mr लेनर्ड (male given name) · pcd Lèyonârd (male given name)