Lenard
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning strong lion; variant of Leonard.
Lenard by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lenard. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 204 babies in 1925, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Leonard
Like Lenard, each of these traces back to Leonard: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lenard. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lenard, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean strength
Like Lenard, each of these has strength in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Liamresolute protector; short form of William18,764 in the US (2017)
- Williamresolute protector14,922 in the US (2017)
- Ethanstrong, enduring12,398 in the US (2017)
- GabrielGod is my strength9,110 in the US (2017)
- Aaronmountain of strength; exalted7,185 in the US (2017)
- Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Lenard
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