Leonhard
Leonhard is a German male given name and surname also used in other Germanic languages, as well as Estonian, sharing the same origin as English Leonard. Notable people with the name include:
- German
Meaning & Origin of Leonhard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Leonhard is a German male given name and surname also used in other Germanic languages, as well as Estonian, sharing the same origin as English Leonard. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
The Story of Leonhard
Leonhard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1917, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1932: 8 births, good for #2,849 nationwide. About 28% of every Leonhard on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Leonhard last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 64 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Leonhard
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About the name Leonhard
Leonhard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 64 births in the dataset. Leonhard's peak popularity came in 1932 when it ranked #2,849. Use the chart and map above to compare Leonhard's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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