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Leonard
say it lay-oh-nar
What Leonard means
- French, Germanic and English brave lion Christian saint: St Leonard of Noblac
How popular it is
Its use is rising over the last ten years.
- no. 84 in Austria (2020)
- no. 112 in Switzerland (2025)
- no. 114 in Ontario & Quebec (2020)
- no. 145 in France (2019)
- no. 165 in Norway (2020)
- no. 190 in Sweden (2020)
- no. 240 in England & Wales (2024)
- no. 298 in Denmark (2019)
In the United States it was most popular around 1920.
Other forms
Leonardo, Leonhard, Lennart, Leo
Names with a similar meaning
Leo Leon Leonardo Leandro Lenny Hamza Ari Ariel Lionel Luan Leandre Leonel
Leonard in stories
- Howards End: Leonard Bast, the clerk who aspires to culture
- The Big Bang Theory: Leonard Hofstadter, the experimental physicist
- Star Trek: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, the ship's doctor