Leonardo is an Italian version of the Germanic name Leonhard meaning ‘brave as a lion’. It is formed by combining ‘leon’, meaning ‘lion’, with ‘hard’, meaning ‘brave’, or ‘hardy’.
Leonardo is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Leonardo is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #99 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Leonardo, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 81,092 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Leonardo. That is 0.02 % of all living Americans.
Leonardo is an Italian version of the Germanic name Leonhard meaning ‘brave as a lion’. It is formed by combining ‘leon’, meaning ‘lion’, with ‘hard’, meaning ‘brave’, or ‘hardy’.
Leonardo is the nickname... of a mummified Brachylophosaurus found in Montana in July 2000.
Leonardo DiCaprio (*1974)
American actor, film producer, and environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio has established himself as one of Hollywood's leading actors since the 1990s. DiCaprio's career began with small roles in television shows and films. His breakthrough came in 1996 with the role of Jack in the film Titanic. Since then, he has starred in many successful films, including 'Gangs of New York' (2002), 'Inception' (2010) and 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (2013). He is also the founder of the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, which is dedicated to environmental and climate protection.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519)
Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian Renaissance artist, scientist, and engineer, and is recognized today as one of the greatest and most versatile talents in history. His most famous works of art include the paintings 'The Mona Lisa' (c. 1503-1516) and 'The Last Supper' (c. 1492-1498). In addition to his work as an artist, Leonardo was also a gifted scientist and engineer. He studied a wide variety of subjects, including anatomy, physics, botany, and geometry, and left drawings and notes that are believed to be early prototypes of concepts such as the airplane and helicopter.
Leonardo Fibonacci (1170 - 1240)
Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician and writer who lived in the Middle Ages. Fibonacci is best known for introducing what is known as the Fibonacci numbers to Europe. This sequence of numbers, which begins with the numbers 0 and 1 and at each step calculates the sum of the previous two numbers, appears in many aspects of nature, including the arrangement of leaves and branches on trees and the spiraling of shells in sea anemone shells. Fibonacci also wrote the book 'Liber Ab(b)aci' (2012), which introduces the Fibonacci number and describes its applications in fields such as economics and finance.
Leonardo Boff (*1938)
Boff is a leading proponent of liberation theology, a theological movement that advocates social justice and the protection of the rights of the oppressed. His work focuses on the rights of the poor, women, indigenous peoples, and other marginalized groups. Boff has written numerous books presenting his theories and reflections on liberation theology, criticism of the dominant political and economic systems, and promotion of peaceful resistance to oppression. In the 1980s, Boff was condemned by the Catholic Church for statements critical of church structures and practices.
When you hear the name Leonardo, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Leonardo? Are you also called Leonardo? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
(3000) Leonardo is an inner main belt asteroid about 10 km across, discovered in 1981 and named after Leonardo Da Vinci.
Leonardo Glacier is a glacier on the Danco Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula. It, too, was named after Leonardo Da Vinci.
on the African continent, at approximately 768 ft (230 m), is the skyscraper 'The Leonardo' in Sandton, part of the Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa.
You can explore The Leonardo Museum in Salt Lake City. The museum is inspired by the Renaissance figure Leonardo da Vinci.
named Leonardo is believed to be the world's smallest research vessel equipped with a dynamic positioning system.
This is a real surprise! Leonardo is a name that has been around for a long time, but only really took off in the 21st century. In the year 2022, it reached its best rank at #78 according to our SmartGenius statistics. This makes Leonardo much more popular than in previous generations, where it was so rare for several years that it was not even recorded in the statistics. While the name Leonardo was observed for the first time ever in 1885, it now seems to have found its place in the zeitgeist of the 21st century. In 2022, the year of its highest popularity, the name was given a total of 4,353 times. Whether this beautiful boys' name can repeat or even exceed its previous best ranking in the coming years remains to be seen, but the prospects are promising given the positive trend.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Leonardo was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter L is neither particularly common nor particularly rare as a first letter for boys' names: 4.1% of all common boys' names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters of boys' names are J and A, while X and U are the least common initials of boys' names.
With eight letters, the name Leonardo is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
Thus, it follows that with 4.1% of all boys' names starting with an L, this initial letter occurs about as often as all 26 letters on average. Nevertheless, there are boys' names with L that are quite common, the most common in the U.S. at present is Larry.
If your name is Leonardo and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Leonardo, you can simply say:
Lion
Elephant
Orange
Nut
Apple
Rocket
Dinosaur
Orange
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Leonardo
Leonardo
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
L
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O
N
A
R
D
O
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
L
E
O
N
A
R
D
O
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Leonardo sounds like this:
