Leonardo is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning “strong as a lion.” In 2024 it was given to 3,951 boys in the United States.
Leonardo belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “strong as a lion” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Leonardo first appears in Social Security records in 1885. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #75 in 2022, and in 2024 3,951 babies received the name — 92,243 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leonardo means “strong as a lion” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leonardo is a boy name. In 2024, 3,951 babies received the name in the US.
Leonardo comes from the Spanish, English & American, Portuguese, German and Italian tradition.
Leonardo first appears in US records in 1885. Its best-ever ranking was #75 in 2022, and 3,951 babies were given the name in 2024.
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. 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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