Given name & surname
Lennard
“having the strength of a lion”·“one who is brave”
Lennard is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.” In German use, Lennard has a related form in Lennart. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is brave.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lennard is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.” In German use, Lennard has a related form in Lennart. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is brave.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lennard is a variant of Leonard. Leonard has been associated with Old French and Germanic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lennard is a variant of Leonard. The history of Leonard gives this family its wider story. Use of Leonard was revived during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lennard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,150
- 1,150 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 25 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 808 as a first name in 2020; 601 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lennard’s family of names
Lennard has a related form in Leonard. In German usage, Lennard has a related form in Lennart. In German usage, Lennard has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Lennart.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lennard
- Lennard KämnaGerman bicycle racerborn 1996
- Lennard MaloneyGerman-American soccer playerborn 1999
- Lennard HofstedeDutch road cyclistborn 1994
- Lennard SowahGerman footballerborn 1992
- Lennard PearceBritish actor (1915–1984)
- Lennard FreemanAmerican basketball player (born 1995)
- Lennard HartjesDutch footballerborn 2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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