Leonard
Leonard or Leo is a common English, German, Irish, and Dutch masculine given name and a surname.
The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon from the Greek through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu. The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners.
Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic O'Leannain, consisting of the prefix O and the suffix Leannan. The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.
Variations
The name has variants in other languages:- Leen, Leendert, Lenard
- Lehnertz, Lehnert
- Len
- :hu:L%C3%A9n%C3%A1rd
- Lenart
- Lennard, diminutive forms Lenny
- Lennart
- Lennert
- Lenni
- Lenno
- Lenny
- Leo
- Leon
- Léon, León
- Léonard
- Leonard = "Renata" in Maori, Waitaha
- Leonardo
- Leonhard, Leonhardt
- Leontxo
- O'Leannáin
- O'Lionaird
In other languages
- Armenian: Լեոնարդ
- Croatian: Leonard
- Czech: Leonard
- French: Léonard
- Georgian: ლეონარდ
- German: Leonard, Leonhard, Leonhardt, Lennart
- Greek: Λεονάρδος
- Hebrew: לֵב־אֲרִי
- Hungarian: Lénárd, Leonárd
- Italian: Leonardo
- Latvian: Linards
- Lithuanian: Leonardas
- Maori: Renātā
- Polish: Leonard
- Portuguese: Leonardo
- Russian: Леонард
- Serbian: Леонард
- Spanish: Leonardo
- Swedish: Lennart
Given name
- Leonard Adleman, American computer scientist
- Léonard Autié, French hairdresser
- Leonard Bernstein, American conductor and composer
- Leonard Burton, American football player
- Leonard of Chios, Catholic archbishop
- Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter
- Leonard Cheshire, British philanthropist
- Leonard Doroftei, Romanian boxer
- Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
- Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian mathematician
- Leonard Fairley, American football player
- Leonard Fournette, American football player
- Leonhard Fuchs, German physician and natural historian
- Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann, British judge
- Leonard Humphries, American football player
- Leonard Labatt, Swedish tenor
- Leonard Lance, American politician
- Leonard Lansink, German actor
- Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz, American singer and songwriter
- Leonard M. Kravitz, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
- Leonard Francis Lindoy, Australian chemist
- Leonard Livingston, Australian cricketer
- Leonard Maltin, American film critic and film historian
- Leonard Mlodinow, American physicist and writer
- Leonard Nimoy, American actor and film director
- Leonard of Noblac, Frankish nobleman
- Leonard Peikoff, Canadian philosopher
- Leonard Pitts, American journalist
- Leonard of Port Maurice, Italian saint
- Leonard Roberts, American actor
- Leonard "Lennie" Rosenbluth, American basketball player
- Leonard Rosenman, American composer
- Leonard Rossiter, English actor
- Leonard Silverman, New York politician and judge
- Leonard Slatkin, American conductor
- Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg, British businessman
- Leonard Stone, American actor
- Leonard Susskind, American theoretical physicist
- Leonard Thompson , British football player
- Leonard Woolley, British archaeologist
- Leonard Wong, American military writer
Surname
Film, radio, television
- Chuck Leonard, radio
- Gloria Leonard, actress
- Jason Leonard, English rugby union player
- John Leonard , American critic, pen name Cyclops
- Joshua Leonard, actor
- Lee Leonard, US TV personality
- Marion Leonard, actress
- Mike Leonard , US TV personality
- Robert Sean Leonard, actor
- Robert Z. Leonard, director
- Sheldon Leonard, American film and TV producer
- Steve Leonard, English TV personality
- Tony Leonard, Australian radio presenter
Literature
- Elmore Leonard, American novelist
- George Leonard, American author
- Hugh Leonard, Irish playwright
- John Leonard , Australian poet
- Paul Leonard, UK author
- Tom Leonard , Scottish poet
- William Ellery Leonard, American poet
Military
- Edwin Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
- Matthew Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick James Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- Patrick Thomas Leonard, Indian Wars Medal of Honor recipient
- Turney W. Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- William E. Leonard, American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
Music
- Ada Leonard, American bandleader
- Adam Leonard, English singer-songwriter
- Conrad Leonard, pianist
- Glenn Leonard, American musician
- Gustav Leonhardt, Dutch musician, conductor, musicologist
- Harlan Leonard, American jazz musician
- Hubert Léonard, Belgian violinist
- Isabel Leonard, American operatic mezzo-soprano
- Matthew Leonard, English musician
- Patricia Leonard, English opera singer
- Patrick Leonard, American songwriter
- Ronald Leonard, cellist
- Scott Leonard, American musician
Politics
- Bill Leonard, American politician
- Dick Leonard, British politician
- Elijah Leonard, Canadian politician
- Fred Churchill Leonard, American politician
- J. Rich Leonard, American judge
- Jerris Leonard, American politician
- Jimmy Leonard, Irish politician
- John J. Leonard, mayor of Bolingbrook, Illinois
- Larry Leonard, American politician
- Paul Leonard, American politician
- Stephen B. Leonard, American politician
- Tom Leonard
- William Leonard
Sports
- Andy Leonard, baseball
- Benny Leonard, American world champion Hall of Fame lightweight boxer
- Bobby Leonard, American basketball coach
- Brendon Leonard, rugby union
- Brian Leonard, American football
- Buck Leonard, baseball
- Cecil Leonard, American football
- Darius Leonard, American football
- Dennis Leonard, baseball
- Dutch Leonard , baseball
- Dutch Leonard , baseball
- Gary Leonard, basketball
- Hookey Leonard, Scottish professional footballer
- Jason Leonard, English rugby union player
- Jeffrey Leonard, American baseball player
- Jim Leonard, American football
- Joe Leonard, motorsports
- John Leonard , Gaelic football goalkeeper
- Johnny Leonard, Australian rules football
- Justin Leonard, American golfer
- Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
- Mark Leonard, association football
- Marshall Leonard, soccer
- Meyers Leonard, American basketball player
- Michael Leonard, field hockey
- Philippe Léonard, soccer
- Rick Leonard, American football
- Sarah Leonard, archery
- Silvio Leonard, Cuban sprinter
- Stan Leonard, golf
- Sugar Ray Leonard, American boxer
- William J. Leonard, American football
- Leonard, first name unknown, played in one Major League Baseball game in 1892
Other fields
- Adna Wright Leonard, Methodist Bishop of Buffalo NY
- André-Joseph Léonard, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels
- Andrew Leonard, American technology journalist
- Cynthia Leonard, suffragist
- Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, American professor
- Emery Clarence Leonard, American botanist
- Frederick C. Leonard, American astronomer
- George Leonard, American lawyer
- Graham Leonard, Anglican Bishop converted to Catholicism
- Harry Ward Leonard, inventor
- Herman Leonard, photographer
- Jack E. Leonard, comedian
- James A. Leonard, American chess player
- Miriam Leonard, British professor of Greek literature
- Priscilla Leonard, pen name for Emily Perkins Bissell, an American social worker and activist
- Robert A. Leonard, American linguist known for his forensic work and former singer for Sha Na Na
- Thomas Arthur Leonard, English pioneer of outdoor holidays
- Vincent Leonard, Bishop of Pittsburgh
- Wrexie Leonard, American astronomer
Fictional characters
- Anatole Leonard, in the Robotech series
- Ego Leonard, anonymous Dutch sculptor, painter, guerrilla artist
- Lenny Leonard, in The Simpsons
- Lockie Leonard, in children's novels
- Léonard, cartoon character by Turk & De Groot
- Leonard, in the Dictionnaire Infernal
- Leonard Hofstadter, in The Big Bang Theory
- Lennie Briscoe, in Law & Order
- Private Leonard Church, from Red vs. Blue
- Leonard McCoy, in the Star Trek series
- Leonard von Lahnstein German soap opera character
- Leonard Snart, Captain Cold from The Flash comics and TV series
- Lennie, in the novel Of Mice and Men
- Leonard, a ruler of Piggy Island and antagonist of The Angry Birds Movie
- Leonard, a character from and The Ridonculous Race