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Dictionary of Medieval Names
from European Sources

Leonard m. Old High German lewo 'lion' + Old Saxon hard, Old High German hart 'strong, hard'.

The name of a 6th C saint, the patron of prisoners.

Lienhard is an Alemannic variant. For more information on the name, see Bahlow s.n. Lienhard.

Czech Republic
Latin
1350 Leonardus (nom) chlumecky 157; 1353 Leonardus (nom) ibid. 37, p. 22
England
Early Modern English
1530 Lennard LIWill-III p. 28, Leonard WillsInv LXXX; 1533 leonarde ibid. LXXXII; 1538 Leonard StAnthonlin p. 1; 1544 Leonard HAmar-vol9 p. 2; 1545 Leonard StAnthonlin p. 5; 1546 Leonard ibid. p. 5; 1547 Leonard DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1549 Leonard BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1556 Leonarde bruton-vol1 p. 2; 1562 Leonard ibid. p. 111; 1564 Leonard ibid. p. 34; 1567 Leonard ibid. p. 112; 1570 Leonard ibid. p. 6; 1575 Leonard ibid. p. 7; 1581 Leanaerd HAmar-vol9 p. 68; 1582 Leonard COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol1 p. 85; 1583 Leonard bruton-vol1 p. 45; 1584 Leonard BEmar-vol1 p. 11; 1586 Leonard COmar-vol2 p. 102; 1587 Leonard ibid. p. 102, DEmar-vol2 p. 13; 1588 Leonard ibid. p. 15; 1593/4 Leonard BEmar-vol1 p. 16; 1593 Leonard bruton-vol1 p. 53; 1597/8 Leanarde HAmar-vol9 p. 93; 1597 Leanord CAmar-vol1 p. 6
Middle French
1364 Lyenart SocAntNor-3-3 no. 38
France
Latin
1260 Leonardo (abl) ArrestReg-volI XVII, Ascension, Leonardum (acc) ibid. XVII, Ascension, Leonardus (nom) ibid. XVII, Ascension; 1301 Leonardi (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 219, Leonardus (nom) ibid. p. 178; 1378 Leonardo (dat) hanquetvol1 1505; 1579 Leonardi (gen) FlorLyon p. 40; 1585 Leonardus (nom) ibid. p. 40
Old French
1313 Lienart Paris1313 p. 21
Middle French
1392 Lyenart MemBret-II col. 613; 1590 Léonart raymond1588 p. 572
Germany
Latin
1414 Leonhardum (acc) mairhofer DCXCVIII, Leonhardus (nom) ibid. DCXCVII; 1422 Leonardus (nom) ibid. DCCXVIII
Early New High German
1404 Linhard (nom) mairhofer DCLXXVII; 1419 Lienhardt (gen) ibid. DCCXII, Lienhart (gen) ibid. DCCXIII; 1423 Lienhart (nom) ibid. DCCXIX; 1497 Lienhart Nurn1497 p. 2, Liennhart ibid. p. 1, Linhar ibid. 1455, Linhardt ibid. 2673, Linhart ibid. 28
Italy
Latin
1300 Leonardum (acc) ActDipVeneto-I-1 p. 49; 1324 Leonardus (nom) DSF p. 48, 3731; 1376 Leonardi (gen) DouGen1 p. 243, Leonardo (abl) ibid. p. 41; 1393 Leonardo (abl) sajanello-2; 1527 Leonardi (gen) Rome1527 p. 84, Leonardus (nom) ibid. p. 85
1348 Leonardelli (gen) INP 21
Spain
Latin
1488 Leonardi (gen) carbonell p. 16; 1490 Leonardi (gen) ibid. p. 42
Catalan
1510 Leonard valencia1510 3216, Leonart ibid. 2096
Cite as: J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Leonard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2015, no. 3. http://dmnes.org/2015/3/name/Leonard.