Leonard

LENN-uhd

German

"brave lion"

Leonard Origin and Meaning

The name Leonard is a boy's name of German origin meaning "brave lion".

Leonard is the name of several saints, including one who is the patron saint of childhood, and another medieval saint who's the patron of prisoners--known for freeing prisoners he deemed worthy of God. Popular from 1900 to 1930, Leonard is perhaps more notable for those who dropped the name when they entered show biz than those who kept it: former Leonards include Roy Rogers and Tony Randall. Two musical Leonards did keep their names though--composer-conductor Leonard Bernstein and poet-singer Leonard Cohen. Leonard Woolf was the husband and publisher of great English novellist Virginia Woolf. These days, modern parents tend to prefer Leo or the romantic Italian Leonardo, especially since Leonard does not get pronounced with the trendy "Leo" sound.

Leonard Rank in US Top 1000

# 693 in the US

Leonard Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 623 on Nameberry

Leonard Popularity

• 693 US 2023
• 623 Nameberry 2024
• 152 Canada 2023
• 523 Future 2028
• 222 England 2021
• 58 Germany 2023
• 190 Switzerland 2021
• 63 Poland 2023

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Famous People Named Leonard

• Leonard Bernstein American composer
• Leonard Nimoy American actor
• Leonard Cohen Canadian singer
• Leonard Maltin American film critic
• Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz American singer
• Leonard Susskind American physicist, one of the fathers of string theory
• Leonard Hankerson American football player
• Leonard Johnson American football player
• Leonard Pope American football player
• Leonard Walter Jerome American businessman and grandfather of Winston Churchill
• Leonard Alfred Schneider birth name of Lenny Bruce, American comedian
• Leonard Kimball Firestone American businessman, ambassador and philanthropist
• Leonard Barrie "Barry" Corbin American actor
• Leonard Freeman American TV writer/producer, creator of "Hawaii Five,0"
• Leonard Sandler son of actors Kathryn Hahn and Ethan Sandler
• Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, British politician
• Elmore John Leonard American novelist

Leonard in Pop Culture

• Leonard "Lenn(y)" / "Leo" Snart aka Captain Cold character in DC Comics
• Leonard Leakey Hofstadter main character on TV's "The Big Bang Theory".
• Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski main character on TV's "Laverne and Shirley"
• Leonard "Bones" McCoy a main character on TV's "Star Trek".
• Leonard Bankhead main character in "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Leonard "Lenny" Feder character in movie "Grown Ups"
• Leonard L. Church a main character on Rooster Teeth's "Red vs. Blue"
• Leonard a poodle in the movie "The Secret Life of Pets"
• Leonard W. Briscoe a character from Law and Order
• Leonard Vanderboom character from Rusty Lake: Roots
• Leonard Cooper son of Sheldon & Amy Cooper, mentioned in the "Young Sheldon" episode "Graduation" on November 5, 2020