MyNameRoots
Baby name
Leonard
Boy
Origin of the name
Leonard comes from Old High German, from words meaning “lion” and “strong.” Leonardo da Vinci made it illustrious.
Classic name
294,334births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 39rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Leonard are born
Loading the map…
Tap a state to see its figures.
The darker the blue, the more common Leonard is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Leonard is most common in North Dakota (1.9 times), South Dakota (1.8) and Nebraska (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
Names from the same era
Born in…
Add your year to see.