Leonardo

Italian and Spanish variation of Leonard, German

"brave lion"

Leonardo Origin and Meaning

The name Leonardo is a boy's name of Spanish, Italian origin meaning "brave lion".

For centuries this name was associated primarily with the towering figure of Italian Renaissance painter-scientist-inventor Leonardo da Vinci, and was scarcely used outside the Latin culture.

But then along came Leonardo DiCaprio, who was supposedly given the name because his pregnant mother felt her first kick while looking at a da Vinci painting in the Ufizzi Gallery in Florence, and who would make the name young and handsome and multi-cultural.

Leonardo is a popular choice among other attractive Italian and Spanish names for boys, and its cousin Leo is popular as well.

Leonardo Rank in US Top 1000

# 84 in the US

Leonardo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 600 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Leonardo

• 84 US 2023
• 600 Nameberry 2025
• 161 Canada 2023
• 63 Future 2028
• 122 England 2023
• 94 Australia 2023
• 99 Germany 2022
• 1 Italy 2023
• 100 Spain 2019
• 34 Portugal 2020
• 4 Mexico 2021
• 13 Switzerland 2023
• 161 Poland 2020
• 73 Chile 2021

20 Names Similar to Leonardo

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• Lorenzo
• Diego
• Marco
• Marcus
• Giovanni
• Nicolas
• Antonio
• Jason
• Eric
• Dominic
• Maximus
• Ezekiel
• Rafael
• Ivan
• Alec
• Christian
• Anthony
• Adrian
• Xavier
• Carlos

Famous People Named Leonardo

• Leonardo Wilhelm "Leo" DiCaprio American actor
• Leonardo da Vinci Renaissance artist and inventor
• Leonardo Fibonacci Italian mathematician
• Leonardo "Leo" Encinas Cruz son of actor Javier Bardem and actress Penelope Cruz
• Leonardo Fortunato Ponti son of actress Sasha Alexander
• Leonardo Toni (b. 2014) son of footballer Luca Toni and model Marta Cecchetto
• Leonardo "Leo" Ángel Charles (b.2016) son of actor Alec Baldwin and Hilaria Thomas Baldwin
• Leonardo Fábregas Semaan (b.2017) son of Spanish footballer Cesc Fábregas and girlfriend Daniella Semaan

The name Leonardo in Pop Culture

• Leonardo one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
• Leonardo "Leo" Wyatt character in TV show, Charmed
• Leonardo "Leo" Watch character in Blood Blockade Battlefront