Meaning 
The name Leonard has the following meaning: As strong and brave as a lion.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.
Popularity 
As a baby boy name, Leonard is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 562 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Leonard fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 106 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 727 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Leonard in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Pronunciation  The name Leonard is pronounced as lee-oh-nard Origins  Related names  The following names are baby names related to Leonard and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Leonard: Boys - Anton, Dutch, Leopold, Maynard, Roderick, Sigmund, Theodoric, Tillman, Volney, Wendell, Wilbert, Girls - Bernardine, Eloise, Griselda, Lesia, Both genders - Emerson, Raymond, Walter
Variants 
Popular Variants for the name Leonard: Leanard, Len (English), Lena, Lenard (English), Lenn, Lennart (Swedish), Lennerd, Lennie, Lenny, Leno, Leonard, Leonardis, Leonardo (Italian), Leonart, Leonerd, Leonhard (German), Leonid (Russian), Leonides (Greek), Lionzio (Italian), LynnardNicknames  Common nicknames for the name Leonard are: Len, Lenny, Leo, Lon
Style 
We think the name Leonard should fall under the following style category: Classics. See other Classics boy names
Impression 
Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Leonard to be: Book lover, very intellectualIn one word, you might describe Leonard as a(n) " booklover" person. See other "booklover" names for boys.
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