Leonard

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish
Icelandic

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Origin and Meaning

Variant form of Leonhard

Related Names

See Leonhard

Patronyms [What's That?]

Male

Leonardinpoika
Leonardsen
Leonardson
Leonardsson
Leonardsøn

Female

Leonardintytär
Leonardsdatter
Leonardsdotter
Leonardsdóttir

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Leonard
Genitive:	Leonards

- Finnish
Nominative:	Leonard
Genitive:	Leonardin
Partitive:	Leonardia

- Icelandic
Nominative:	Leonard
Accusative:	Leonard
Dative:	Leonard
Genitive:	Leonards

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Leonard
Genitive:	Leonards

- Swedish
Nominative:	Leonard
Genitive:	Leonards

Name Days

Norway

6 November

Finland (Swedish Language)

28 September

Sweden

28 September

Further Information

• Iceland: Officially approved as a given name

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1885-1909
• Norway:
  • early 20th century
  • 2000-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden:
  • Bohuslän (19th century) see map
  • Västerbotten (19th century) see map

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		1704	6877	2	10	1702	6867
Finland		n.a.	5665	0	0	n.a.	5665
Denmark		208	n.a.	0	n.a.	208	n.a.
Iceland		29	38	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		732	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	732	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

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Swedish Regional Distribution

Regional distribution of Leonard (m) in Sweden in the year 1880.