Given name
Leonardus
“as strong as a lion”
Leonardus is a masculine given name from Old High German, meaning “as strong as a lion.” It is used in Latin.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Old High German Leonhart (“as strong as a lion”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Leonardus’s family of names
In Latin usage, Leonardus has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Leonardo.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Leonardus
- Jonatan ChristieIndonesian badminton playerborn 1997
- Leonardus LessiusLenaert Leys, Flemish moral theologian from the Jesuit order (1554-1623)
- L. B. MoerdaniIndonesian military person (1932–2004)
- Leonardus Antonius LightenveltDutch government minister and judge. 1795-1873
- Leonardus SyttinLithuanian sport shooter1892–1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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