Leopold

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “people” and “bold.”.

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Leopold is an originally Germanic name composed of two stems, common to Germanic names. The first part is related to the Latin word "Leo", meaning "lion" (although some say the first part is related to Old High German "liut" meaning "people"). The Germanic peoples had no word for "lion" as they weren't aware of the existence of lions until they established contact with the Romans. The second part is of Germanic origin and means "brave", compare "bold". The name hence originally meant something close to "as brave as a lion". The name has been observed since the 5th century, including by the Frank Gregory of Tours, and the name gradually spread across Western Europe and during the 16th century it became popular in the southern Holy Roman Empire, due to the influence of the Margraves of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty.
Over a dozen Austrian rulers took the name Leopold, as did nearly a dozen from other European realms.
Other notable people bearing this name include:
Leopold Auer Hungarian violinist, conductor, and composer
Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, French Duke
Léopold Clément Charles, Hereditary Prince of Lorraine, son of the above
Léopold Eyharts, French astronaut
Leopold Kronecker, 19th-century mathematician
Leopold Mandić, a Croatian Catholic saint
Leopold von Ranke, German historian
Leopold Pokagon, An Potawatomi Indian Chief
Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal
Leopold Stokowski, a 20th-century conductor
Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002), Austrian mathematician
Leopold Mozart, an 18th-century composer and father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Leopold I, multiple people
Leopold II, multiple people
Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce's novel Ulysses
Leopold "Butters" Stotch, a character on the American comedy series South Park

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Masc. proper name, from French Léopold, from Old High German Leutpald, Liutbald, literally "bold among the people," from leudi, liut "people," from PIE root *leudh- (2) (see lede (n.2)) + bald "bold," from Proto-Germanic *baltha- (see bold (adj.))

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Bold people. Combine of leud (people) and bald (bold).

Leo

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Leopold II	1835	King of the Belgians
2	Leopold I	1790	German prince who became the first King of the Belgians
3	Leopold Stokowski	1882	British conductor
4	Leopold III	1901	King of Belgians
5	Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor	1747	Austrian king
6	Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor	1640	Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Croatia and King of Bohemia
7	Aldo Leopold	1887	American writer and scientist
8	Leopold Mozart	1719	German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist
9	Leopold von Sacher-Masoch	1836	Austrian author
10	Leopold von Ranke	1795	German historian and a founder of modern source-based history
11	Leopold Bloom	1866	Fictional character in Joyce's Ulysses
12	Leopold Kronecker	1823	German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
13	Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany	1797	Grand Duke of Tuscany
14	Leopold Auer	1845	American composer
15	Leopold Mandić	1866	Catholic priest; saint
16	Leopold Godowsky	1870	Polish American pianist, composer, and teacher
17	Jordan Leopold	1980	American ice hockey player
18	Leopold V, Duke of Austria	1157	Austrian duke
19	Leopold de Rothschild	1845	British banker
20	Leopold III, Duke of Austria	1351	Co-ruler of Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol, then sole ruler of Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol
21	Leopold Ross	1980	British musician
22	Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe	1871	Prince of Lippe
23	Leopold Ružička	1887	Croatian scientist
24	Leopold Witte	1959	Dutch actor
25	Leopold von Mildenstein	1902	SS officer
26	Leopold Socha	1909	Polish sewage inspector, honored as "Righteous among the Nations"
27	Leopold König	1987	Czech road cyclist
28	Leopold III, Margrave of Austria	1073	Margrave of Austria
29	Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau	1676	German nobleman; ruler of Anhalt-Dessau and Prussian army officer
30	Jason Leopold		American journalist
31	Leopold Kohr	1909	Austrian academic
32	Leopold Infeld	1898	Polish physicist
33	Leopold David de Rothschild	1927	British financier
34	Leopold Trepper	1904	Polish spy
35	Leopold Haverl	1936	Czechoslovakia actor
36	Leopold VI, Duke of Austria	1176	Austrian duke
37	Leopold Figl	1902	Austrian politician
38	Leopold V, Archduke of Austria	1586	French bishop
39	Nadine Leopold	1994	Austrian model
40	Leopold Vietoris	1891	Austrian topologist
41	Leopold Hornung	1978	German actor
42	Luna Leopold	1915	Geomorphologist and hydrologist
43	Leopold I, Margrave of Austria	0940	Margrave of Austria
44	Leopold II, Margrave of Austria	1050	Margrave of Austria
45	Leopold Klieeisen	1996	German film actor, actor and stage actor
46	Leopold Tyrmand	1920	Polish writer and journalist
47	Leopold Okulicki	1898	Polish general
48	Leopold Stiefel	1945	German entrepreneur
49	Leopold Gmelin	1788	German chemist
50	Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau	1740	Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
51	Leopold I, Duke of Austria	1290	Austrian duke
52	Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt	1794	Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, later Duke of all of Anhalt
53	Leopold Greville, 6th Earl of Warwick	1882	British Earl
54	Leopold Auenbrugger	1722	18th-century Austrian physician
55	Michael Leopold	1971	German television presenter
56	Leopold Zunz	1794	German Reform Rabbi
57	Tom Leopold		American comedy writer & performer
58	Douglas Leopold		Canadian broadcaster
59	Leopold Lojka	1885	Austro-Hungarian chauffeur
60	Leopold Engleitner	1905	Austrian Holocaust Survivor
61	Leopold Fitzinger	1802	Austrian zoologist
62	Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau	1700	German prince
63	Stratton Leopold	1943	American actor
64	Leopold Löwenheim	1878	German mathematician
65	Leopold Chalupa	1927
66	Leopold von Hoesch	1881	German diplomat
67	Leopold Damrosch	1832	German American orchestral conductor
68	Leopold von Gilsa	1824	Union Army officer
69	Leopold Steinbatz	1918	German, Austrian born, World War II fighter pilot
70	Leopold Kunschak	1871	Austrian politician
71	Leopold Guggenberger	1918	Austrian politician
72	Leopold van Arenberg	1956
73	Leopold Staff	1878	Polish poet
74	Leopold Gleim		SS officer
75	Leopold Kupelwieser	1796	Austrian artist
76	Ethelreda Leopold	1914	Actress
77	Leopold Rosenmayr	1925	Austrian sociologist
78	Leopold IV, Duke of Austria	1371	Duke of Further Austria
79	Glenn Leopold		American screenwriter
80	Leopold Takawira	1916	Zimbabwean politician
81	Amadéus Leopold	1988	Korean-American violinist
82	Leopold Hawelka	1911	Businessman
83	Leopold Sulovský	1954	Czech mountaineer
84	Leopold Eidlitz	1823	American architect
85	Leopold Pokagon	1775	Potawatomi Wkema
86	A. Starker Leopold	1913	American writer and scientist
87	Leopold Morse	1831	American politician
88	Josef Leopold	1889	Austrian politician
89	Leopold Poetsch	1853	Austrian history teacher
90	Leopold Ziegler	1881	German philosopher
91	A. Carl Leopold	1919	American academic
92	Leopold Jessner	1878	German film producer
93	Linda Leopold	1979	Swedish writer
94	Leopold Lindtberg	1902	Austrian director
95	Leopold Mannes	1899	American inventor of color photographic film and musician
96	Leopold Gutterer	1902	German politician and journalist
97	Rudolf Leopold	1925	Austrian art collector
98	Bobby Leopold	1957	American football player
99	Stanisław Leopold	1918
100	Leopold Schmutzler	1864	Czech painter (1864-1940)
101	Leopold Nowak	1904	Austrian musicologist
102	Leopold Hoesch	1820	German entrepreneur
103	Leopold Lippens	1941	Belgian politician
104	Estella Leopold	1927	American botanist
105	Leopold Münster	1920	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
106	Leopold Heyrovský	1852	Czech lawyer and university educator
107	Leopold Skulski	1877	Prime minister of Poland from 1919 to 1920
108	Leopold Alphonso	1991	Association football player
109	Leopold Gondrecourt	1816
110	Leopold Rudolf	1911	Austrian actor
111	John R. Leopold	1943	Politician
112	Leopold Ziegenbein	1874
113	Leopold Matuszczak	1931	Polish actor
114	Leopold von Schrenck	1826	Russian scientist
115	Leopold II, Prince of Lippe	1796	Sovereign of the Principality of Lippe
116	Leopold Graf von Rothkirch und Trach	1923	German farmer
117	Leopold Steinbichler	1959	Austrian politician
118	Leopold Ullstein	1826	German newspaper publisher
119	Leopold Kyanda	1970	Ugandan general
120	Leopold René Nowak	1934	Polish actor
121	Leopold Seyffert	1887	American artist
122	Leopold Müller	1834	Austrian artist
123	Leopold Hager	1935	Austrian conductor
124	Leopold Labedz	1920	Polish historian
125	Leopold Gottlieb	1879	Polish artist
126	Leopold Auerbach	1828	German anatomist and neuropathologist
127	Leopold Gratz	1929	Austrian diplomat and politician
128	Stephen Leopold	1951	Canadian businessman
129	Leopold Kielholz	1911	Swiss footballer
130	Leopold III, Prince of Lippe	1821	German royal
131	Leopold Fellerer	1919	German fighter ace and Knight's Cross recipient
132	Leopold Engel	1858	Russian writer
133	Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch	1631	Hungarian cardinal
134	Leopold I, Prince of Lippe	1767	German prince
135	Christian Gerhard Leopold	1846	German gynecologist
136	Leopold Caspari	1830	American politician
137	Leopold Moczygemba	1824	POlish priest
138	Leopold Petznek	1881	Austrian politician
139	Leopold Wiel	1916	German architect
140	Leopold Ahlsen	1927	German playwright, screenwriter and author
141	Leopold II, Duke of Austria	1328
142	Silke Leopold	1948	German professor
143	Leopold Philip de Heister	1707	Hessian general
144	Leopold Widhalm	1722	Austrian luthier
145	Leopold Fare	1926
146	Leopold Gmeinwieser	1946	German actor
147	Leopold of Alpandeire	1864	Beatified Spanish Capuchin friar
148	Leopold Löw	1810	Czech rabbi
149	Leopold von Plessen	1769	German politician
150	Leopold von Wiese	1876	German sociologist and economist
151	Leopold Rother	1894	German architect
152	Leopold Ludwig	1908	German conductor
153	Leopold Mitrofanov	1932	Russian chess player
154	Leopold Maderthaner	1935	Austrian politician
155	Leopold Spinner	1906	Austrian composer
156	Leopold Karpeles	1838	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
157	Leopold Cehak	1889	Polish officer
158	Anders Leopold	1937	Swedish journalist
159	Leopold Kober	1883	Austrian geologist
160	Leopold Bürkner	1894	German admiral
161	Leopold B. Felsen	1924	American physicist
162	Leopold Julian Kronenberg	1849	Polish banker
163	Leopold Sulerzhitsky	1872	Russian writer
164	Leopold Jansa	1795	Czech violinist, music educator and composer
165	Leopold Cohn	1856	German classical philologist and librarian
166	Leopold Kozeluch	1747	Czech music educator, composer and pianist
167	Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth	1855	German artist
168	Leo Lützow	1786	German officer
169	Leopold Salomons	1841	British financier
170	Leopold Ledebur	1799	German historian
171	Chris Leopold	1968	Louisiana politician
172	Leopold Markbreit	1842	American politician
173	Leopold Kramer	1869	Austrian actor
174	Leopold Zedlitz-Neukirch	1792	German historian of modern age and author
175	Leopold von Zenetti	1805	Austrian composer
176	Leopold Gegenbauer	1849	Austrian mathematician
177	Leopold Maxse	1864	British journalist, activist and tennis player
178	Leopold Schefer	1784	German poet, novelist and composer
179	Leopold Nitsch	1897	Association footballer
180	Leopold Werndl	1797
181	Leopold Ungar	1912	Austrian priest
182	Leopold Louis, Count Palatine of Veldenz	1625	German noble
183	Leopold Koppel	1843	German banker
184	Leopold Obermayer	1892	Swiss wine retail and jurist
185	Thomas Leopold	1693	Swedish martyr
186	Nanouk Leopold	1968	Dutch film director
187	Leopold Pilichowski	1869	Polish Jewish artist
188	Leopold Prowe	1821	German historian
189	Leopold Schwarzschild	1891	German writer
190	Leopold Wharton	1870	Film director, film producer
191	Leopold Vermeiren	1914	Belgian writer (1914-2005)
192	Leopold Kölbl	1895	Austrian geologist
193	Leopold Federmair	1957	Austrian author and translator
194	Leopold Maximilian von Firmian	1766	Austrian bishop
195	Leopold Hofmann	1905	Austrian footballer
196	Leopold Spira	1913	Austrian author
197	Leopold Loe͏̈n	1815
198	J. H. Leopold	1865	Dutch poet and classicist
199	Leopold Schönbauer	1888	Austrian neurosurgeon and politician
200	Leopold Sviták	1856	Czech inventor