Given name
Léopold
“people”·“courageous”
Léopold is a masculine given name. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Léopold is built from elements meaning “people” and “courageous”.
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Where it comes from
In French use, Léopold shares an earlier linguistic root with Leopold. A possible origin is Germanic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
Explained through its name family
Léopold’s family of names
Léopold shares a linguistic root with Leopold. In French usage, Léopold has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Leopoldo. In French usage, Léopold has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leopold.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Léopold has relatives in 7 languages.
5 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Léopold
- Léopold Sédar Senghorfirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
- Léopold EyhartsFrench astronautborn 1957
- Luitpold, Margrave of BavariaGerman noble
- Léopold AnoulBelgian association football player (1922-1990)
- Léopold GernaeyBelgian footballer (1927-2005)
- Léopold DelisleFrench bibliophile and historian (1826-1910)
- Léopold LeauFrench mathematician and linguist (1868–1943)
- Léopold Flamengengraver (1831-1911)
- Léopold SimoneauCanadian opera singer (1916–2006)
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