Leonhard
Leonhard is a German male first name and - especially in the name form Leonhardt - also a surname .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Old High German le (w) o (" lion ", anciently and poetically also called "Leu") and the Old High German harti ("hard, keen, courageous").
name day
November 6th - according to Leonhard von Limoges , patron saint of cattle, especially horses, to whom Leonhard rides or rides with a blessing of the horses take place on this day .
Name bearer
First name
- Leonhard Colchon (1583–1653), Abbot of Seligenstadt, President of the Bursfeld Congregation
- Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), Swiss mathematician
- Leonhard Frank (1882–1961), German writer
- Leonhard Frank (Abbot) († 1648), German Premonstratensian Abbot
- Leonhard Joa (1909–1981), German racing driver
- Leonhard Mahlein (1921–1985), German trade unionist
- Leonhard Reichartinger († 1396), crusader from Bavaria
- Leonhard Ritter (1878–1938), architect
- Leonhard Rosen († 1591), Abbot of Ebrach
- Leonhard von Brixen (proven between 1438 and 1475/76), painter
- Leonhard von Götz († 1640), as Leonhard II. Bishop of Lavant
- Leonhard von Keutschach († 1519), Archbishop of Salzburg (1495–1519)
- Leonhard von Limoges (also: Leonhard von Noblat ), saint, † 6th century
- Leonhard von Porto Maurizio (1676–1751), saint
- Leonhard Widmer (1808–1868), Swiss lithographer and poet
family name
Leonhard
- Adolf Leonhard (1899–1995), German engineer and professor of electrical engineering and control engineering
- Anna Astl-Leonhard (1860–1924), Austrian writer
- Carl Leonhard (1848–1930), German entrepreneur and patron
- Clemens Leonhard (* 1967), German Roman Catholic theologian
- Elke Leonhard (* 1949), German politician (SPD) and publicist
- Erna Leonhard (1893–1943), German reciter, see Erna Feld
- Ernst Majer-Leonhard (1889–1966), German educator and senior director of studies
- Ernst Paul Leonhard (1926–2004), German publisher
- Franz Leonhard (legal scholar) (1870–1950), German legal scholar
- Franz Xaver Leonhard (politician, 1812) (1812–1882), German educator, Catholic clergyman and politician (center)
- Franz Xaver Leonhard (politician, 1839) (1839–1913), German Catholic clergyman and politician (center)
- Fritz Majer-Leonhard (1915–1995), German Protestant theologian and Nazi persecuted
- Gino Leonhard (* 1972), German politician
- Gottfried Leonhard (1895–1983), German politician (CDU)
- Gustav von Leonhard (1816–1878), German geologist
- Hans Leonhard (1902–1966), German journalist
- Heinrich Leonhard (1813–1878), German architect
- Heinz Leonhard (* 1958), German administrator and politician (CDU), MdL Rhineland-Palatinate
- Joachim-Felix Leonhard (* 1946), German librarian and State Secretary
- Johann Hermann Leonhard (1835–1905), German doctor and benefactor
- Johann Michael Leonhard (1782–1863), Austrian clergyman, bishop of St. Pölten
- Johann-Peter Leonhard (1793–1873), German stonemason and sculptor
- Jörn Leonhard (* 1967), German historian
- Karin Leonhard (* 1969), German art historian
- Karl Leonhard (1904–1988), German psychiatrist
- Karl Caesar von Leonhard (1779–1862), German mineralogist
- Kurt Leonhard (1910–2005), German art writer, translator and poet
- Leo Leonhard (1939–2011), German painter and graphic artist
- Melanie Leonhard (* 1977), German historian and politician (SPD)
- Nina Leonhard (* 1972), German political scientist and sociologist
- Otto Leonhard (1907–1993), German businessman and (local) politician
- Paul Leonhard (1888–1934), German publisher
- Robert Leonhard , German ski jumper
- Rudolf Leonhard (1889–1953), German writer
- Rudolf Leonhard (lawyer) (1851–1921), German lawyer
- Sandra S. Leonhard (* 1976), German actress
- Susanne Leonhard (1895–1984), German writer
- Walter Leonhard (1912–1988), German heraldist and commercial artist in Munich
- Wilhelm Lehmann-Leonhard (1877–1954), German painter
- Wolfgang Leonhard (1921–2014), German historian and author
Leonhart
- Günther Leonhart (1929-2003), German politician (SPD)
- Jay Leonhart (* 1940), American jazz musician
- Johann Carl Leonhart (1720–1777), Hanoverian bailiff in the Niedeck office and father-in-law of the poet Gottfried August Bürger
- Johannes Leonhart (1865–1937), German doctor and member of the Reichstag
- Sebastian Leonhart (1544–1610), German high school teacher and poet
variants
- Hartl (Bavaria)
- Harti (Bavaria)
- Hachtl (Austria)
- Leinhart (Upper Germany)
- Len (English)
- Lennart , Lennard or Lenart, Lenhart, Lenard (Swedish, Estonian, Low German, etc.)
- Lennartz , Lennert, Lennet (German)
- Lennarz (German)
- Leonard (in many languages)
- Leonardas (Lithuanian)
- Leonardo , Leonardi (Italian)
- Leonardus (Latin)
- Leonhart (common alternative spelling)
- Leotrim (Albanian)
- Lienhard (Alemannic form)
- Linard, Londer (Romansh)
- Linards (Latvian)
- Lindert (Dutch)
- Lenny