Gender: M
Origin: German
Meaning: "brave lion"
Popularity in 2008: #621
Medieval saint's name -- he's the patron of prisoners -- now popular only in Leo and Leonardo forms.
International Variations:
Leonhard,
Lenard,
Lennard,
Len
(German)
Leonides,
Leon,
Leonidas
(Greek)
Lionzio
(Italian)
Leonid
(Russian)
Leos,
Leonti
(Slavic)
Leonardo
(Spanish)
Lennart
(Swedish)
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