Leonard
See also: Léonard
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (surname): Larned
Etymology edit
From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Leonard
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- 1844, Catherine Gore, The Birthright and Other Tales, Henry Colburn, published 1844, page 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.
- 1997, Don DeLillo, Underworld, Simon&Schuster, published 1998, →ISBN, page 592:
- "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.
- A surname transferred from the given name.
- A surname from Irish.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A village in Oakland County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
- A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
- A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
- An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
- A city in Fannin County, Texas.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
male given name
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Statistics edit
- 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 edit
Old French edit
Proper noun edit
Leonard m (nominative singular Leonards)
- a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Derived from Old High German leo + hart.
Proper noun edit
Leonard m pers (female equivalent Leonarda, diminutive Leoś)
- a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Leonard
Declension edit
Declension of Leonard
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Leonard | Leonardowie |
genitive | Leonarda | Leonardów |
dative | Leonardowi | Leonardom |
accusative | Leonarda | Leonardów |
instrumental | Leonardem | Leonardami |
locative | Leonardzie | Leonardach |
vocative | Leonardzie | Leonardowie |
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun edit
Leonard f
Further reading edit
- Leonard in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Leonard m anim (genitive singular Leonarda, nominative plural Leonardovia, declension pattern of chlap)
- a male given name
Declension edit
Declension of Leonard
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Leonard | Leonardovia |
genitive | Leonarda | Leonardov |
dative | Leonardovi | Leonardom |
accusative | Leonarda | Leonardov |
locative | Leonardovi | Leonardoch |
instrumental | Leonardom | Leonardmi |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Leonard”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024