Leonardo

Italian and Spanish variation of Leonard, German

"brave lion"

Updated Fri Nov 15 2024

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.

# 84 in the US

Leonardo Rank in US Top 1000

# 638 on Nameberry

Leonardo Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Leonardo Popularity

84US2023
638Nameberry2024
161Canada2023
63Future2028
116England2021
94Australia2023
99Germany2022
1Italy2022
100Spain2019
34Portugal2020
4Mexico2021
13Switzerland2023
161Poland2020
73Chile2021

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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

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