Leonard


Gender:
Origin: German
1679 famous people named Leonard found on Wikipedia.
291405 male, 1412 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 633-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 37-th in year 1923
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Dutch, English, German

Meanings

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “lion” and “hardy.”.

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 (lion) and the suffix hardu (brave or hardy). The name has come to mean lion strength, lion-strong, or lion-hearted. It may also be from the Latin Leo (lion). 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 (descendant of) and the suffix Leannan (lover). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.

Masc. proper name, from French Léonard, Old French Leonard, from German Leonhard, from Old High German *Lewenhart, literally "strong as a lion," from lewo (from Latin Leo, see lion) + hart "hard" (see hard (adj.)).

Strong as the lion, brave lion. Combine of levon (lion) and hard (brave, hardy).

Famous People: 1679 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Leonard Cohen 1934 Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
2 Leonard Nimoy 1931 American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer
3 Kawhi Leonard 1991 American professional basketball swingman
4 Sugar Ray Leonard 1956 American boxer
5 Leonard Bernstein 1918 American composer, conductor, author, music lecturer, and pianist
6 Leonard Fournette 1995 American football running back
7 Robert Sean Leonard 1969 American actor
8 Leonard Peltier 1944 Native American activist
9 Joshua Leonard 1975 American actor
10 Leonard Hofstadter Fictional character in The Big Bang Theory
11 Leonard McCoy Fictional human
12 Elmore Leonard 1925 American novelist and screenwriter
13 Leonard Lake 1945 United States Marine
14 Leonard Rossiter 1926 Actor
15 Leonard Chess 1917 Record company executive
16 Leonard Blavatnik 1957 Ukrainian-born American businessman, investor, and philanthropist
17 Meyers Leonard 1992 American basketball player
18 Sheldon Leonard 1907 Actor
19 Leonard Whiting 1950 British actor
20 Gloria Leonard 1940 American pornographic film actress; feminist publisher & activist
21 Leonard Susskind 1940 American physicist
22 Leonard Lansink 1956 German actor
23 Leonard Sachs 1909 Actor
24 Leonard Sidney Woolf 1880 English political theorist, author, publisher and civil servant
25 Leonard Maltin 1950 American film critic
26 Leonard Siffleet 1916 Australian soldier
27 Leonard Freier 1985
28 Leonard Williams 1994 American football player
29 Leonard Roberts 1972 United States actor
30 Leonard Stone 1923 Actor
31 Patrick Leonard 1955 American musician
32 Leonard Skinner 1933 American teacher
33 Justin Leonard 1972 Professional golfer
34 Leonard Floyd 1992 American football player
35 Lee Leonard 1929 American television personality
36 Jason Leonard 1968 English rugby union player
37 Leonard Frey 1938 Actor
38 Leonard Cheshire 1917 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
39 Leonard Kleinrock 1934 American engineer and computer scientist
40 Leonard Lauder 1933 American businessman
41 Leonard Lance 1952 American politician
42 Leonard Matlovich 1943 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
43 Leonard Jerome 1817 Brooklyn, New York, financier and maternal grandfather of Winston Churchill
44 Leonard Peikoff 1933 Canadian-American philosopher
45 Leonard Hankerson 1988 American football player
46 Leonard Ravenhill 1907 British writer
47 Leonard Bosack 1952 Businessman, co-founder of Cisco Systems
48 Leonard Hamilton 1948 American basketball player and coach
49 Leonard Bloomfield 1887 American linguist
50 Leonard Garcia 1979 American martial artist
51 Bill Leonard 1916 American journalist and television executive
52 Leonard M. Kravitz 1931
53 Leonard Adleman 1945 American theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California
54 Leonard Bundu 1974 Sierra Leonean boxer
55 Leonard Slatkin 1944 American conductor and composer
56 Leonard Mlodinow 1954 American physicist, author and screenwriter
57 Lydia Leonard 1981 English actress
58 Leonard Goldberg 1934 American film and television producer
59 Benny Leonard 1896 American boxer
60 Leonard Deadwyler 1941
61 Leonard Little 1974 Player of American football
62 Jack E. Leonard 1910 American comedian
63 Leonard Howell 1898 Jamaican Rastafari preacher
64 Leonard Woolley 1880 British archaeologist
65 Arnold Leonard 1993 Indonesian actor
66 Leonard Tose 1915 American sports businessman
67 Leonard Davis 1978 American football player, offensive lineman
68 Queenie Leonard 1905 U.S.-based English actress
69 Leonard Barr 1903 American actor and comedian
70 Leonard Darwin 1850 Son of Charles Darwin
71 Leonard N. Stern 1938 American businessman
72 Leonard Jeffries 1937 African-American academic known for Pan-African views
73 Bobby Leonard 1932 American basketball player and coach
74 Gerry Leonard 2000 Irish musician
75 Leonard Pitts 1957 American writer
76 Leonard Freeman 1920 Television producer, screenwriter
77 Leonard Boyarsky American computer games designer and visual artist
78 Leonard Marshall 1961 American football player
79 Leonard DiMaria 1941 American mobster
80 Brian Leonard 1984 Player of American football
81 Leonard Johnson 1990 American football player
82 Steve Leonard 1972 British television personality and veterinarian
83 Leonard Jackson 1928 Actor
84 Leonard Rosenman 1924 American composer
85 Léonard Kweuke 1987 Cameroonian footballer
86 Zoe Leonard 1961 American photographer
87 Leonard Fraser 1951 Australian serial killer
88 Leonard Shoen 1916 Founder of U-Haul Company and Amerco Inc.
89 Leonard Sax American psychologist and physician
90 Glenn Leonard 1947 American musician
91 Jacqueline Leonard 1965 English television, film and theatre actress
92 Leonard Riggio 1941 American businessperson and entrepreneur
93 Leonard B. Stern 1923 American screenwriter
94 Deke Leonard 1944 Welsh musician
95 Leonard T. Gerow 1888 United States Army general
96 Leonard Baskin 1922 American sculptor
97 Leonard Myers 1978 American football player
98 Leonard Dembo 1959 Zimbabwean musician
99 Isabel Leonard 1982 American operatic mezzo-soprano
100 Leonard of Noblac 0496 Frankish saint
101 Leonard Hoffmann, Baron Hoffmann 1934 Judge; Second Senior Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
102 Leonard Katzman 1927 American screenwriter and television executive/producer
103 Leonard Feather 1914 British musician
104 Leonard Firestone 1907 American diplomat
105 Leonard Strong 1908 American actor
106 Leonard P. Zakim 1953 American civil rights activist
107 Jeffrey Leonard 1955 American professional baseball player, outfielder
108 Margot Leonard-Schnell 1927 German actress
109 Leonard 1964 Swiss presenter
110 Buck Leonard 1907 American baseball player
111 George Leonard 1923 American writer and educator
112 Leonard Padilla Bounty hunter
113 Leonard B. Sand 1928 American judge
114 Leonard Harris 1929 American critic, author, and actor
115 Emma Leonard 1984 Australian actress
116 Leonard Zuta 1992 Footballer
117 Leonard Thompson 1908 Canadian diabetic
118 Brett Leonard 1959 American film director
119 Leonard Hayflick 1928 American anatomist
120 Leonard Schleifer 1953 American businessman
121 Annie Leonard 1964 American filmmaker and activist
122 Leonard Leo 1965 American lawyer
123 Leonard Shlain 1937 American surgeon and writer
124 Leonard Calvert 1606 First governor of Maryland colony
125 Leonard Crow Dog 1945 Native American writer and activist
126 Leonard Asper 1964 Canadian businessperson/entrepreneur/lawyer
127 Robert A. Leonard American forensic linguist
128 Leonard Warren 1911 Operatic baritone
129 Leonard Doroftei 1970 Boxer
130 Leonard Lopate 1940 American radio host
131 Harvey Leonard 1949 American meteorlogist
132 Leonard Weaver 1982 American football player, running back, fullback
133 Leonard Long 1911 Australian painter
134 Leonard Fenton 1926 British actor
135 Leonard Feeney 1897 American priest
136 Leonard Read 1898 American academic
137 Leonard Robinson Americana ctor and comedian
138 Ryan Leonard 1992 English footballer
139 Robert Zigler Leonard 1889 American film director
140 Leonard Sweet 1961 American theologian
141 Leonard Huxley 1860 British writer
142 Leonard W. Hall 1900 American politician
143 Leonard Plugge 1889 British politician
144 Leonard Birchall 1915 Canadian Air Force officer
145 Leonard Teale 1922 Australian actor
146 Joe Leonard 1932 American car and motorcycle racer
147 Leonard J. Arrington 1917 Mormon historian
148 Leonard Arthur 1926 British doctor acquitted of attempted murder
149 Leonard Pope 1983 American football player
150 Leonard Zhakata 1968 Zimbabwean singer
151 Ego Leonard Guerrilla artist and painter
152 Leonard Wood 1934 Crew chief/Engine builder
153 Ted Leonard 1971 Musician
154 Franklin Leonard American film executive
155 Leonard Rose 1918 American musician
156 Leonard Litwin 1914 American businessman
157 Hugh Leonard 1926 Irish writer
158 Leonard Zub-Zdanowicz 1912 Polish officer
159 Thomas J. Leonard 1955 Life coach
160 Leonard C. Bailey
161 Leonard C. Brostrom 1919 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
162 Leonard Swindley
163 Leonard Russell 1969 American football player
164 Leonard Woodcock 1911 American diplomat
165 John Leonard 1939 Critic, writer, commentator
166 Leonard Michaels 1933 American writer
167 Leonard Boswell 1934 American politician
168 Leonard L. Bailey 1942 American surgeon
169 Leonard Shaw Canadian musician
170 Dennis Leonard 1951 American baseball player
171 Leonard of Mayfair 1938 British celebrity hairdresser
172 Leonard E. Baum 1931 American mathematician
173 Leonard Jimmie Savage 1917 American mathematician
174 Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse 1864 British sociologist
175 Dutch Leonard 1892 American baseball player (1892-1952)
176 Lu Leonard 1926 Actress
177 Leonard Wibberley 1915 Irish-American author
178 Brendon Leonard 1985 New Zealand rugby union player
179 Leonard Starr 1925 Artist
180 Leonard Garment 1924 Attorney
181 Leonard Kibrick 1924 Film actor
182 Leonard Mudie 1883 British actor
183 Leonard Shockley 1941 American murderer
184 Leonard Goldenson 1905 American businessman
185 Leonard White 1916 British film, television and stage actor
186 Léonard Autié 1751 Coiffeur, theatre entrepreneur
187 David Leonard 1955 American musician
188 André-Joseph Léonard 1940 Bishop of Namur
189 Leonard D. White 1891 American historian
190 Leonard W. Murray 1896 Canadian admiral in WW II
191 Leonard Lomell 1920 U.S. Army soldier and attorney
192 Leonard Patrick Komon 1988 Kenyan long-distance runner
193 Leonard French 1928 Australian artist
194 Leonard Barden 1929 English chess player, columnist, author, and promoter
195 Scott Leonard 1965 American singer
196 Leonard I. Green 1934 American businessman
197 Leonard Schrader 1943 American screenwriter and film director
198 Leonard Diepenbrock 1972 German television presenter
199 Leonard I. Garth 1921 American judge
200 Leonard Digges 1515 British mathematician