Leonardus Forename

50,627th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 13,244 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Aruba

Leonardus Forename Definition:

A male name. Old German Leonhard, compound of levon (modGer löwe) ‘lion’ and hardu ‘hardy', ‘bold’. St Leonhard was a 5th-C Frankish noble, converted with Clovis, who became a hermit near Limoges and the patron saint of captives. He was a favourite medieval saint in England and France and there are 177 English churches dedicated to him.

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Leonardus Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia
100%
11,3051:22,8193,154
South Africa
100%
7381:73,8926,655
Belgium
100%
5271:21,8031,601
Netherlands
100%
1101:153,6556,549
United States
100%
1041:3,485,93248,653
Brazil
100%
931:2,303,61546,427
Thailand
100%
621:1,130,09439,264
Malaysia
97%
 
411:742,68128,689
Germany
100%
411:2,357,99712,782
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
New Zealand-171:266,8268,395
Curaçao-161:9,738620
France
100%
151:4,431,35618,897
England
100%
151:3,706,86137,754
Sweden
100%
151:657,19415,298
Switzerland
100%
141:586,6788,730
Aruba-131:7,9831,397
Norway
100%
101:513,2339,206
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
Estonia-91:146,1535,307
Australia-91:1,517,51415,297
Canada-41:8,283,34367,579
Singapore-41:1,571,76418,508
Denmark-31:1,883,16617,701
Croatia
100%
31:1,405,69211,430
Philippines
100%
31:35,336,492343,681
Austria
100%
21:4,257,10013,469
Scotland-21:2,675,18318,328
Italy
100%
21:30,531,04557,596
Papua New Guinea
100%
11:8,152,314202,620
Portugal-11:10,410,86612,786
Wales-11:3,094,30916,222
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Tanzania
100%
11:52,788,31985,066
Ireland-11:4,643,51913,375
Hungary
100%
11:9,791,7716,528
Andorra-11:82,8871,356
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
Chile
100%
11:17,607,20848,996
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Czechia-11:10,656,16211,509
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Finland
100%
11:5,483,18325,487
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Israel
100%
11:8,402,91845,019
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Kenya-11:46,307,11074,921
Lebanon
100%
11:5,627,57119,299
Mexico
100%
11:124,144,427140,512
Namibia-11:2,404,17916,970

The alternate forms: Léonardus (1) are calculated separately.

Leonardus (421) may also be a surname.

Leonardus Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A male name. Old German Leonhard, compound of levon (modGer löwe) ‘lion’ and hardu ‘hardy', ‘bold’. St Leonhard was a 5th-C Frankish noble, converted with Clovis, who became a hermit near Limoges and the patron saint of captives. He was a favourite medieval saint in England and France and there are 177 English churches dedicated to him. Leonard is found as a christian name in England from about 1200. It has remained in steady though not common use from that time (cf. the surnames Leonard, Lennard, &c.) until the 19th C when it gradually increased in popularity. Lyford 1655 says of it:'Leonard, of a churlish disposition; a name fit for another Nabal’.

Leonardus Curia Regis Rolls 1200, Feudal Aids 1431. Leonard Hundred Rolls 1273, Yorks Rec 1604.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

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