# Leopold (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leopold/  
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 | German |
| Meaning | “people”, “bold”, “lion” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈliːəpoʊld/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,043 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 427, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old French Leopold, from Old High German liut (“people”) + bald (“bold”). The first part is sometimes associated by folk etymology with Latin leo (“lion”), as in Leo and Leonard. More at lede, bold.

## What it means

Leopold is grouped under brave and lion.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 2,391 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,198 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,080 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,053 |
| 2015 | 92 | 1,699 |
| 2016 | 91 | 1,714 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,549 |
| 2018 | 114 | 1,511 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,610 |
| 2020 | 120 | 1,444 |
| 2021 | 101 | 1,654 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,671 |
| 2023 | 87 | 1,841 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,071 |
| 2025 | 76 | 2,001 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 1,303 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 30 | 977 |
| 2016 | 30 | 974 |
| 2017 | 26 | 1,097 |
| 2018 | 31 | 932 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 28 | 993 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,029 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Լեոպոլդ
- Catalan: Leopold
- Czech: Leopold
- Dutch: Leopold
- Esperanto: Leopoldo
- French: Léopold
- German: Leopold
- Greek: Λεοπόλδος
- Hungarian: Lipót
- Italian: Leopoldo
- Latin: Leopoldus
- Polish: Leopold
- Portuguese: Leopoldo
- Russian: Леопольд
- Slovak: Leopold
- Spanish: Leopoldo

## People named Leopold

- Léopold Sédar Senghor, first president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
- Leopold von Ranke, German historian and founder of modern source-based history (1795-1886)
- Leopold Mozart, German composer (1719–1787)
- Leopold Ružička, Croatian scientist (1887-1976)
- Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)
- Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian author (1836–1895)
- Leopold Stokowski, British-born American conductor (1882–1977)
- Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Co-ruler of Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Tyrol, then sole ruler of Styria, Carinthia and
- Christian Leopold von Buch, German geologist (1774-1853)
- Leopold V, Duke of Austria, Austrian duke
- Leopold VI, Duke of Austria, Austrian duke
- Leopold Fitzinger, Austrian zoologist (1802-1884)

## 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.