Leonard name - Meaning of Leonard
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 6
- Usage
- English, Polish, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic
- Pronounced
- LEN-ərd (English) , le-AW-nahrt (Polish) , LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch)
- Leonard Meaning
- Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic elements levon "lion" and hard "brave, hardy". This was the name of a 5th-century Frankish saint who is the patron of prisoners and horses. The Normans brought this name to England, though it did not become common there until the 19th century. Leonard is a Germanic name, derived from the words "leon", which means "lion", and "hart", which means "brave or hardy".
Leonard Related Names
Variants: Lenard, Lennard (English), Leonhard (German), Lennart (Low German), Lennie
Diminutives: Len, Lennie, Lenny (English)
Other Languages: Lennart (Danish), Lennart (Finnish), Léonard (French), Leonardo (History), Leonardo (Italian), Lennart (Norwegian), Leonardo (Portuguese), Lenart (Slovene), Leonardo (Spanish), Lennart, Lelle (Swedish)
Leonard Celebrities
Leonard Nimoy - actor, Leonard Cohen - musician, Leonard Bahr - artist, Leonard Boswell - politician, Leonard Davis - football player, Leonard Long - artist, Leonard Pope - football player, Leonard Roberts - actor,
