Male name
Leonard
3,762 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2019. Expression number: 33.
Origin
From Old French Leonard, name of a 6th century Frankish saint, from Old High German leo (“lion”) or Old High German liut (“person”) and hart (“hard”). As a surname, also used as an anglicisation of Irish Ó Leannáin (Lennon).From Wiktionary, entry “Leonard”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2019: 235 births. 3,762 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 1,030 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1921: 5,675 births. 295,746 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1910s to the 1960s. At its peak, it ranked 37th among boys' names in 1923. It is still given: 2,025 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 1973: 44 births. 923 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. It is still given: 60 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 18,825 | 1900–2025 | 89th in 1901 |
| Switzerland | 2,901* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 2,394 | 1980–2025 | 39th in 2025 |
| Berlin | 1,765 | 2012–2023 | 20th in 2018 |
| Austria | 1,736 | 1984–2025 | 81st in 2017 |
| Belgium | 94 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
33
the guide, self-giving (master number)
3 + 5 + 6 + 5 + 1 + 9 + 4 = 33
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
5 + 6 + 1 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
3 + 5 + 9 + 4 = 21 → 3
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 5 · freedom, change, movement
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.