Leonard

Léonard English + Alternative forms surname en Larned Etymology From en fro Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from en goh leo lion or en goh liut person and goh hart hard. As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of en ga Ó Leannáin (Lennon). Pronunciation en /ˈlɛnɚd/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Leonard.wav Southern England Proper noun ~ en male Germanic languages. en 1844 w:Catherine Gore The Birthright and Other Tales Henry Colburn 1844 251 - - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him. en 1997 w:Don DeLillo Underworld 592 Simon&Schuster 1998 0684848155 "You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle. en given names. en Irish. en number of places c/USA: en village co/Oakland County s/Michigan. en minor city co/Clearwater County s/Minnesota. en village co/Shelby County s/Missouri. en minor city co/Cass County s/North Dakota. en unincorporated community co/Tulsa County s/Oklahoma. en city co/Fannin County s/Texas. Usage notes The given name has been in quite continuous use since the Middle Ages. A popularity peak occurred during the first half of the 20th century. Derived terms en benleonardite Leonardtown en St Leonards, en St Leonard's Related terms diminutives Len, Lenny, Leo, Leon Translations male given name Albanian: sq Leonard Bengali: bn লিওনার্ড Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 倫納德 Lúnnàdé Danish: da Lennart Dutch: nl Lennart, nl Lennard, nl Leonard Esperanto: eo Leonardo Estonian: et Lennart Finnish: fi Lenni French: fr Léonard Friulian: fur Lenart Galician: gl Leonardo German: de Leonhard Greek: el Λεωνάρδος m, el Λεονάρδος m, el Λέοναρντ transliteration Hebrew: he לֵאוֹנַרְדְּ léonard Hungarian: hu Lénárd Icelandic: is Leónharður m Italian: it Leonardo Latin: la Leōnardus Latvian: lv Leonards m Maltese: mt Anard, mt Leonardu, mt Nardu Māori: mi Rēnata Marathi: mr लेनर्ड m Occitan: oc Launart m, oc Liunard m Picard: pcd Lèyonârd Polish: pl Leonard m Portuguese: pt Leonardo Romanian: ro Leonard m Russian: ru Леона́рд m Sicilian: scn Lunardu Spanish: es Leonardo Swedish: sv Lennart Ukrainian: uk Леона́рд m Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Leonard is the 338th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 91.475 individuals. Lange is most common among White (80.38%) and Black (14.07%) individuals. Anagrams en adelnor Landore Renaldo endoral ladrone Old French Proper noun m fro male Leonard Polish pl: Pronunciation Pl-Leonard.ogg Etymology 1 pl :der goh:leo goh:hart + + Proper noun m-pr Leoś Leonarda pl male Old High German Leonard Declension Leonardowie Etymology 2 pl 1 Proper noun pl proper noun form f pl Leonarda gen p Further reading Romanian ro: Pronunciation ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Leonard.wav Proper noun m ro male Slovak Pronunciation sk /ˈlɛɔnard/ Proper noun m-pr sk male Declension m-pr name Derived terms sk Leonardko sk Leo sk Leoš Further reading