Leonard

From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) and hart (“hard”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɛnɚd/

Leonard

1. A male given name.
   • 1844 Catherine Gore, The Birthright and Other Tales, Henry Colburn 1844, page 251:

     - - - 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.

   • 1997 Don DeLillo, Underworld, Simon&Schuster 1998, →ISBN, page 592:

     "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​ derived from the given name. Also used as an anglicisation of the Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).

• The given name has been in quiet continuous use since the Middle Ages. A popularity peak occurred during the first half of the 20th century.

• Leonardtown

• (diminutives) Len, Lenny, Leo, Leon

• endoral, ladrone

Leonard m (nominative singular Leonards)

1. A male given name, Leonard.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɔnard/

Leonard m (genitive Leonarda, nominative plural Leonardovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name.

• Leonardko
• Leo
• Leoš

• Leonard in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk