Leonard
//ˈlɛnɚd// name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from the Germanic languages.
"- - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him."
- 2 A surname transferred from the given name.
- 3 A surname from Irish.
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Oakland County, Michigan.
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Clearwater County, Minnesota.
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Shelby County, Missouri.
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Cass County, North Dakota.
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A city in Fannin County, Texas.
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More examples"Yesterday Leonard observed a strange UFO in the sky."
Etymology
From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).
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