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 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.

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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. Showrunner Steve Molaro:

   He had a line in the script where he told Leonard and Koothrappali, ‘Don’t ring my doorbell or my poodles will go crazy,'.

2. Sean Buck:

   As members of our Naval Academy family, we will do all that we can to support Leonard, his father and the entire Michelle Cummings family during this unfathomable time, my wife, Joanne, and I, on behalf of all of us here in Annapolis, offer our deepest sympathies.

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. Aaron Gordon:

   Hes a Finals MVP, hes doing what hes supposed to do. Thats what they pay the man for, to come down here and be Kawhi Leonard.

5. Leonard Francis:

   It appears Leonard Francis has been planning this for a while.

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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. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Leonard
5. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html