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Leonard

name
/ˈlɛnɚd/US

Etymology

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).

  1. borrowed from Ó Leannáin
  2. derived from liut
  3. derived from leo
  4. derived from Leonard

Definitions

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    • - - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him.
    • "You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle.

  2. A surname transferred from the given name.

  3. A surname from Irish.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

Leonardtown, St Leonards, St Leonard's

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA