Leonard is a boy's name of German origin meaning “lion and person.” In 2024 it was given to 404 boys in the United States.
Leonard belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “lion and person” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Leonard first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #37 in 1923, and in 2024 404 babies received the name — 293,884 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leonard means “lion and person” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leonard is a boy name. In 2024, 404 babies received the name in the US.
Leonard comes from the German, English & American, Irish & Celtic and Greek tradition.
Leonard first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #37 in 1923, and 404 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leonard is pronounced /ˈlɛnɚd/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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