Leonard (first name)

Leonard or Léonard is a male given name .

Origin and meaning

The name is a form of the name Leonhard and comes from the Old High German word le (w) o for lion and the Old High German harti for courageous , which means something like brave as a lion . In addition to increasing popularity in the German- speaking area, the form is particularly popular in the English , French and Polish- speaking areas.

Name bearer

stage name

Leonard (singer) (* 1964), Swiss singer

Fictional character

Leonard McCoy , senior physician on the Starship Enterprise
Leonard Briscoe , investigative commissioner in the crime series Law & Order
Leonard Hofstadter , one of the protagonists of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory

First name

A.

Leonard Adleman (* 1945), American molecular biologist and cryptologist
Leonard Allinson (* 1926), British diplomat
Leonard Andrys , Polish architect

B.

Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American composer
Leonard Bloomfield (1887-1949), American linguist
Leonard Boswell (1934–2018), American politician
Léonard Bourdon (1754–1807), French politician
Leonard Anthony Boyle (1930–2016), New Zealand clergyman
Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), British illustrator and author

C.

Leonard Carlitz (1907-1999), American mathematician
Leonard Carmichael (1898–1973), American psychologist
Leonard Carow (* 1994), German actor
Leonard Carpenter (1902-1994), American rower
Leonard Fielding Chapman Jr. (1913-2000), American general
Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Canadian writer and singer
Leonard Covington (1768–1813), American politician

D.

Leonard Darwin (1850–1943), British soldier, politician, economist and eugenicist
Leonard "Ham" Davis (1905–1957), American jazz trumpeter
Leonard Eugene Dickson (1874–1954), American mathematician
Leonard Doroftei (* 1970), Romanian boxer

F.

Leonard Farbstein (1902–1993), American lawyer and politician
Leonard Feeney (1897–1978), Catholic priest
Leonard Freed (1929-2006), American photographer
Leonard Freier (* 1985), German insurance specialist and television actor

G

Leonard Gardner (born 1933), American writer
Leonard Gershe (1922–2002), American playwright and screenwriter

H

Leonard Wood Hall (1900–1979), American politician
Leonard Hankerson (born 1989), American football player
Leonard Hill (1866–1952), English psychologist
Leonard Hokanson (1931–2003), American pianist

I.

Leonard Irving (1898–1962), American politician

J

Leonard Jacobi (1832–1900), German law scholar and university professor
Leonard Jarvis (1781-1854), American politician
Leonard Jenyns (1800-1893), British clergyman, beetle collector, zoologist and botanist

K

Leonard Kleinrock (* 1934), American electrical engineer and computer scientist
Leonard Koch (* 1995), German soccer player
Leonard Krasulski (* 1950), Polish politician
Leonard "Lenny" Kravitz (* 1964), American rock singer, musician, songwriter, record producer and actor

L.

Leonard Lance (* 1952), American politician
Leonard Landois (1837–1902), German physiologist
Leonard Lansink (* 1956), German actor
Leonard Lauder (* 1933), American billionaire, art patron and entrepreneur
Leonard Lepszy (1856–1937), Polish montanist and art historian
Leonard Levy (1921–1999) American football player
Leonard Lorenz (* 1948), Austrian sculptor and painter

M.

Leonard Maltin (* 1950), American film critic and author
Leonard Mandel (1927–2001), British-American physicist
Leonard Marchand (1933–2016), Canadian agronomist and politician
Leonard Marconi (1835–1899), Polish-Italian sculptor
Leonard Meldert (around 1535–1610), Franco-Flemish composer, organist and conductor
Leonard Monheim (1830–1913), German entrepreneur
Leonard Mróz (* 1947), Polish opera singer

N

Leonard Nelson (1882–1927), German philosopher
Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), American actor

P

Leonard Robert Palmer (1906–1984), British Indo-Europeanist and comparative linguist
Leonard Peltier (born 1944), American Indian activist
Leonard Piątek (1913–1967), Polish-German football player
Leonard Pietraszak (* 1936), Polish actor

R.

Leonard Röß († 1591), German Cistercian abbot
Leonard Rosenman (1924-2008), American composer

S.

Leonard William Schuetz (1887–1944), American politician
Leonard Cutler Sanford (1868–1950), American ornithologist and surgeon
Leonard Jimmie Savage (1917–1971), American statistician and mathematician
Leonard Slatkin (* 1944), American conductor
Leonard Siemiątkowski (1917–2014), Polish economist and politician
Leonard Henly Sims (1807-1886), American politician
Leonard Skierski (1866–1940), Polish major general
Leonard Soccio (* 1967), German ice hockey player
Leonard Sowiński (1831–1887), Polish poet
Leonard Spath (1882–1957), British paleontologist
Leonard Anthony Springer (1855–1940), Dutch landscape architect
Leonard Steckel (1901–1971), German actor
Leonard Susskind (* 1940), American physicist

T

Leonard Talmy , American linguist
Leonard Tarnawski (1845–1930), Polish constitutional lawyer, politician and insurgent

V

Léonard Linden (1797–1831), Belgian entomologist

W.

Leonard Whiting (born 1950), British actor
Leonard Wibberley (1915–1983), American writer
Leonard Georg Wolf (1925–1970), American politician
Leonard Wood (1860–1927), American general
Leonard Sidney Woolf (1880–1969), British publisher
Leonard Woolley (1880–1960), British archaeologist