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Leonard

in California

There are 5,105 people with the last name "Leonard" in California.

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Leonard 483
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  1. is 479th most common Bowman
  2. is 480th most common Hopkins
  3. is 481st most common Shah
  4. is 482nd most common Mata
  5. is 483rd most common Leonard
  6. is 484th most common Hurtado
  7. is 485th most common Bates
  8. is 486th most common Walters
  9. is 487th most common Steele

Similar Names and Nicknames

Leon, Leone, Leong, Leonardo, Leonhardt, Leonardi, Leonetti, Leoni, Leonhard, Leonor

Most Common First Names for Leonard

John, Robert, Michael, James, David, William, Richard, Thomas, Charles, Mark

Meaning & History

English and French (Léonard): from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements leo ‘lion’ (a late addition to the vocabulary of Germanic name elements, taken from Latin) + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’, which was taken to England by the Normans. A saint of this name, who is supposed to have lived in the 6th century, but about whom nothing is known except for a largely fictional life dating from half a millennium later, was popular throughout Europe in the early Middle Ages and was regarded as the patron of peasants and horses.

Irish (Fermanagh): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhionáin or of Langan.

Americanized form of Italian Leonardo or cognate forms in other European languages.

FOREBEARS The French Léonard family were at Château Richer, Quebec, by 1698, having come from Maine, France.

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