Leonard
'Leonard or Leo is a common English language masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". It may also be from the Latin Leo ("lion"). Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners.[1]
Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic O'Leannain, consisting of the prefix O ("descendant of") and the suffix Leannan ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.[2]
Variations
The name has variants in other languages:[2]
- Lennard, Learned, Lenny/diminutive (English)
- Lennert (German, Dutch, Flemish)
- Léonard ([leɔnaʁ]; French)
- Leonard = "Renata" in Maori,Waitaha
- Leonhard, Leonhardt (German)
- Leonardi, Lunardi (Italian)
- Leonardo (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese)
- Lenart (disambiguation) (Czech, Slovene)
- Lennart (Swedish, Dutch (Groningen, Friesland))
- Lenno (Groningen)
- Leen (Dutch)
- Lenni (Finnish)
In other languages
- Armenian: Լեոնարդ (Leonard)
- Croatian: Leonard
- Czech: Lenart
- French: Léonard
- Georgian: ლეონარდ (Leonard)
- German: Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart
- Greek: Λεονάρδος (Leonárdos)
- Italian: Leonardo
- Maori: Renātā
- Polish:Leonard
- Portuguese: Leonardo
- Russian: Леонард (Leonard)
- Serbian: Леонард (Leonard)
- Spanish: Leonardo
- Swedish: Lennart
People with the name or its variants include:
Given name
Leonard | |
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Pronunciation | /ˈlɛnərd/ LEN-ərd |
Gender | Masculine |
Origin | |
Meaning | "lion strength" |
Region of origin | England |
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- Léonard, the hairdresser of Marie Antoinette
- Leonard of Vinci, polymath
- Leonard of Blakemore, Saint
- Leonard of Chios, 15th century Bishop
- Leonard of Noblac, Frankish nobleman
- Leonard of Pisa (Fibonacci), Italian mathematician
- Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician
- Leonhard Fuchs (1501–1566), German physician and natural historian, describer of the Fuchsia plant
- Leonard of Port Maurice
- Leonard Adleman (born 1945), ACM Turing Award winner
- Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), American conductor and composer
- Leonard Burton (born 1964), American football player
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist
- Leonard Doroftei, Romanian boxer
- Leonard Francis Lindoy, Australian macrocyclic and metallo-supramolecular chemist
- Leonard "Len" Graham, Irish folk singer
- Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, British law lord
- Leonard Humphries, American football player
- Leonard Labatt, Swedish tenor
- Leonard Livingston, Australian cricketer
- Leonard Maltin, American film critic and film historian
- Leonard Nimoy, American actor and film director
- Leonard Roberts, American actor
- Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
- Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg (1936–2009), British businessman
- Leonard Stone (1923-2011), American character actor
- Leonard Thompson, British professional footballer
- Leonard Wong, American military professor and author
Surname
Leonard | |
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Family name | |
Meaning | "lion,strong"; "lion-hearted" |
Region of origin | Old High German; Gaelic |
Film, radio, television
- Brendan Leonard, US TV personality
- Chuck Leonard, radio
- Gloria Leonard, actress
- Jason Leonard, English rugby union player
- John Leonard, critic
- Joshua Leonard, actor
- Lee Leonard, US TV personality
- Marion Leonard, actress
- Mike Leonard, US TV personality
- Robert Sean Leonard, actor
- Robert Z. Leonard, director
- Sheldon Leonard (1907–1997), American film and TV producer
- Steve Leonard, English TV personality
- Tony Leonard, Australian radio presenter
Literature
- Elmore Leonard, American novelist
- George Leonard, American author
- Hugh Leonard, Irish playwright
- John Leonard, Australian poet
- Mark Leonard (writer), UK author
- Paul Leonard (writer), UK author
- Tom Leonard, Scottish poet
- William Ellery Leonard, American poet
Military
- Edwin Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Matthew Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick James Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick Thomas Leonard, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
- Turney W. Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- William E. Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Music
- Jaak Leonard, Afrikaans Singer-Songwriter
- Adam Leonard, English singer-songwriter
- Conrad Leonard, pianist
- Glenn Leonard, American musician
- Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch musician, conductor, musicologist
- Harlan Leonard, American jazz musician
- Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist
- Matthew Leonard, English musician
- Patricia Leonard, English opera singer
- Patrick Leonard, American songwriter
- Ronald Leonard, cellist
- Scott Leonard, American musician
Politics
- Bill Leonard (politician), American politician
- Elijah Leonard, Canadian politician
- Fred Churchill Leonard, American politician
- J. Rich Leonard, American judge
- Jerris Leonard, American politician
- Jimmy Leonard, Irish politician
- John J. Leonard, mayor of Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Paul Leonard (politician), American politician
- Richard Leonard, British politician
- Stephen B. Leonard, American politician
- Tom Leonard (Irish politician)
Sports
- Leonard (baseball), baseball
- Andy Leonard, baseball
- Benny Leonard (born Benjamin Leiner; "The Ghetto Wizard", 1896–1947), American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight boxer
- Bobby Leonard (born 1932), American basketball coach
- Brendon Leonard, rugby union
- Brian Leonard, American football
- Buck Leonard, baseball
- Cecil Leonard, American football
- Dennis Leonard, baseball
- Dutch Leonard (left-handed pitcher) (Hubert Benjamin Leonard), baseball
- Dutch Leonard (right-handed pitcher) (Emil John Leonard), baseball
- Gary Leonard, basketball
- Hookey Leonard, Scottish professional footballer
- Jason Leonard (born 1968), English rugby union player
- Jeffrey Leonard (born 1955), American baseball player
- Jim Leonard, American football
- Joe Leonard, motorsports
- John Leonard (footballer), Gaelic football
- Johnny Leonard, Australian rules football
- Justin Leonard (born 1972), American golfer
- Kawhi Leonard (born 1991), American basketball player
- Mark Leonard (footballer), association football
- Marshall Leonard, soccer
- Meyers Leonard (born 1992), American basketball player
- Michael Leonard, field hockey
- Philippe Léonard, soccer
- Sarah Leonard, archery
- Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter
- Stan Leonard, golf
- Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956), American boxer
- William J. Leonard, American football
Other fields
- Adna Wright Leonard, Methodist Bishop of Buffalo NY
- Andrew Paul Leonard, photographer
- Andrew Leonard, American technology journalist
- Cynthia Leonard, suffragist
- Emery Clarence Leonard, American botanist
- Frederick C. Leonard, American astronomer
- George Leonard, American lawyer
- Graham Leonard, Anglican Bishop converted to Catholicism
- Harry Ward Leonard, inventor
- Herman Leonard, photographer
- Jack E. Leonard, comedian
- James A. Leonard, American chess player
- Thomas Arthur Leonard, English pioneer of outdoor holidays
- Vincent Leonard, Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Jack H. Leonard, Entrepreneur.
- Austin Paul Leonard, Hillcrest Husky Robotics Business Manager, Priest, Asian Cuisine Busser
Fictional characters
- Anatole Leonard, in the Robotech series
- Ego Leonard, a children's Lego character. [3]
- Lenny Leonard, in The Simpsons
- Lockie Leonard, in children's novels
- Léonard (comics), cartoon character by Turk & De Groot
- Leonard (demon), in the Dictionnaire Infernal
- Leonard Hofstadter, in The Big Bang Theory
- Lennie Briscoe, in Law and Order
- Private Leonard Church, from Red vs. Blue
- Leonard McCoy, in the Star Trek series
- Leonard of Quirm, in the Discworld novels
- Leonard von Lahnstein German soap opera character
References
- ↑ "Leonard - name meaning and origin". thinkbabynames.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Surname: Leonard". surnamedb.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
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See also
- Saint Leonard (disambiguation)
- St Leonards (disambiguation)