Gender Masculine
Pronounced Pron. LEHN-ərd(English) LEH-o-nahrt(Dutch) LEH-o-nart(German) leh-AW-nart(Polish) [key·IPA]
Meaning & History
Means "brave lion", derived from the Old German elements lewo "lion" (of Latin origin) and hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". This was the name of a 6th-century Frankish saint from Noblac who is the patron of prisoners and horses. The Normans brought this name to England, where it was used steadily through the Middle Ages, becoming even more common in the 20th century.
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Other Languages & CulturesLennart(Danish) Lennart, Lenni(Finnish) Léonard(French) Lénárd(Hungarian) Leonardo(Italian) Leonardas(Lithuanian) Lennart(Low German) Lennart(Norwegian) Leonardo(Portuguese) Lenart(Slovene) Leonardo(Spanish) Lennart, Lelle(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsLeonard, Leonardson(English)
Same SpellingLéonard
User SubmissionLeonárd
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Sources & References
- Förstemann, Ernst. Altdeutsches Namenbuch. Bonn, 1900, page 1053.
