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View Name: Leonard


LEONARD
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: English, Polish, Ancient Germanic
PRONOUNCED: LEN-ərd (English), le-AW-nahrt (Polish)   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "brave lion", derived from the Germanic elements levon "lion" and hard "brave, hardy". This was the name of a 5th-century Frankish saint who is the patron of prisoners and horses. The Normans brought this name to England, though it did not become common there until the 19th century.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Lenard, Lennard (English)
DIMINUTIVES: Len, Lennie, Lenny (English)
OTHER LANGUAGES: Lennart (Danish), Lennart (Finnish), Léonard (French), Lennart, Leonhard (German), Leonardo (History), Leonardo (Italian), Lennart (Norwegian), Leonardo (Portuguese), Lenart (Slovene), Leonardo (Spanish), Lennart, Lennie, Lenny (Swedish)
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France  ranked #233 
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