Definitions for Leonard
ˈlɛn ərdleonard

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Elmore John Leonard, Dutch Leonardnoun

   United States writer of thrillers (born in 1925)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Leonardnoun

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

2. Leonardnoun

   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.

3. Leonardnoun

   A surname derived from the given name. Also used as an anglicisation of the Irish Ó Leannáin.

4. Etymology: From the name of a 6th century Frankish saint, corresponding to lewo (from leo)+ harti.

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1. Leonard

   Leonard or Leo is a common English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German Leonhard containing the prefix levon ("lion") from the Greek Λέων ("lion") through the Latin Leo, and the suffix hardu ("brave" or "hardy"). 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 also found as O'Leonard, but often was anglicised to just Leonard, 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.

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1. leonard

   Leonard is typically a masculine name of German origin which means "lion-hearted" or "brave lion". It can be utilized as either a first name or a surname. However, it might also refer to Leonard: an automated intelligent tutor, a type of artificial intelligence, developed by Bloom Technologies. Depending on the context, it could also denote a location or refer to various famous or notable people with the name Leonard.

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1. Leonard

   Leonard is a city in Fannin County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,990 at the 2010 census.

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LEONARD

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Leonard is ranked #338 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Leonard surname appeared 91,475 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 31 would have the surname Leonard.
   
   80.3% or 73,528 total occurrences were White.
   14% or 12,871 total occurrences were Black.
   2.4% or 2,214 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.7% or 1,619 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.7% or 704 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.5% or 540 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Writer

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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Anagrams for Leonard »

1. endoral

2. ladrone

How to pronounce Leonard?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Leonard in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leonard in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Leonard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Leonard in a Sentence

1. Ken Wong:

   The thing people are getting excited about with this team is not just how they play, which by itself is important, but it is the whole nature of team and it starts with Leonard, he is the personification of what Canadians want their heroes to be; a stoic, understated, works hard and just goes out and gets the job done.

2. Eric Monday:

   It’s a green and red flag, it was designed by my ancestor, Leonard Helms, who helped George Rogers Clark conquer the old western frontier. They didn’t have any white or blue material, so he designed it using green and red.

3. Woody Clendenen:

   Leonard's kind of a Mitt Romney type of Republican, he calls himself Reagan Republican, but he's full of it. He's more of a RINO.

4. Lacey Parker:

   About that time, here comes Dr. Leonard and five of his nurses with a beautiful pink baby girl, with a big bow in her hair.

5. Chuck Schumer:

   Mr. Leonard Leo is the man who assembled Trump's list of potential Supreme Court nominees and no one, no one, has been more dedicated to overturning Roe v. Wade than Leonard Leo.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Leonard
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Leonard
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Leonard
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Leonard