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
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- Latin
- ● 1350 Leonardus (nom) chlumecky 157;
1353 Leonardus (nom) ibid. 37, p. 22
- England
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- Latin
- ● 1553 Leonardus (nom) StMartF p. 57;
1557 Leonardus (nom) ibid. p. 59
- Dutch
- ● 1574 Leenart AuFr Boom;
1595 Leenaert ibid. Costerman;
1598 Leonard ibid. Costerman
- Early Modern English
- ● 1530 Lennard LIWill-III p. 28,
Leonard WillsInv LXXX;
1531 Leonard SRS-XXI p. 8;
1533 leonarde WillsInv 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;
1585 Leonard Bar-in-El p. 15;
1586 Leonard ibid. p. 16,
COmar-vol2 p. 102;
1587 Leonard ibid. p. 102,
DEmar-vol2 p. 13;
1588 Leonard ibid. p. 15;
1590 Leonard Bar-in-El p. 29;
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
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- 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;
1563 Léonard RegPCC-1 p. 23;
1564 Léonard ibid. p. 88;
1565 Léonard ibid. p. 128;
1590 Léonart raymond1588 p. 572
- Germany
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- 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
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- Latin
- ● 1237 Lienhardi (gen) TirNot1 582;
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
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- 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 2016, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2016/1/name/Leonard.