# Leonhard (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leonhard/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 69 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 69 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6 | 3,792 |
| 1918 | 6 | 3,970 |
| 1919 | 6 | 3,979 |
| 1922 | 6 | 4,111 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,707 |
| 1925 | 6 | 3,990 |
| 1932 | 8 | 2,991 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,977 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,428 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,594 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,379 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,135 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |

## People named Leonhard

- Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher
- Leonhard Hess Stejneger, biologist (1851-1943)
- Leonhard Stock, Austrian downhill skier
- Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, German botanist (1794–1866)
- Leonhard Kaupisch, German general (1878–1945)
- Leonhard Lechner, composer
- Leonhard Sohncke, German mathematician and physicist (1842-1897)
- Leonhard Pföderl, German ice hockey player
- Leonhard Beck, German artist
- Leopold Leonhard von Thun und Hohenstein, Czech nobleman (1748-1826)
- Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and artist (1947–2022)
- Leonhard Kass, Estonian association football player (1911-1985)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.