Given name & surname
Leonhard
“having the strength of a lion”·“one who is brave”
Leonhard is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.” In German use, Leonhard has a related form in Lennart. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is brave.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leonhard is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.” In German use, Leonhard has a related form in Lennart. One Scandinavian interpretation is “one who is brave.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Leonhard 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leonhard 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
Leonhard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 69 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,135 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,135 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 157 as a first name in 2020; 1,138 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.
Leonhard’s family of names
In German usage, Leonhard has a short form in Leo. Leonhard has a related form in Leonard. In German usage, Leonhard has a conventional equivalent in the English form Leonard.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Leonhard has relatives in 7 languages.
8 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Lieniequivalent
- Леонардequivalent
- ΛεονάρδοςGreek
- LéonardFrench
- Leonardasequivalent
- Leonardusequivalent
- Leonhardtequivalent
- Lleonardequivalent
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People named Leonhard
- Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)
- Leonhard FrankGerman writer (1882–1961)
- Leonhard Stejnegerbiologist (1851-1943)
- Leonhard StockAustrian downhill skierborn 1958
- Leonhard KaupischGerman general (1878–1945)
- Leonhard SeppalaNorwegian musher1877–1967
- Leonhard RauwolfGerman botanist and writer (1535–1596)
- Leonhard Lechnercomposer1553–1606
- Leonhard PohlWest German sprinter1929–2014
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