Leopold is a boy's name of German origin meaning “people and bold.” In 2024 it was given to 72 boys in the United States.
Leopold belongs to the German and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “people and bold” — 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, Leopold first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #591 in 1895, and in 2024 72 babies received the name — 3,965 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Leopold means “people and bold” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Leopold is a boy name. In 2024, 72 babies received the name in the US.
Leopold comes from the German, English & American and French tradition.
Leopold first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #591 in 1895, and 72 babies were given the name in 2024.
Leopold is pronounced /ˈliːəpəʊld/ (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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