Leonardo: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced lee-oh-NAR-doh · 4 syllables

Leonardo means “brave as a lion”, from Italian and Germanic.

Borrowed from Italian Leonardo.

How popular is Leonardo?

Leonardo was the #91 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,789 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Babies named Leonardo in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2020).

Half of US adults named Leonardo are older than 26; most are between 18 and 61. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Leonardo have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Leonardo means “brave as a lion”. It comes from Italian and Germanic.

Leonardo is pronounced lee-oh-NAR-doh.

Leonardo was the #91 name in the US in 2025, given to 3,789 babies. Its use has been fairly steady over the last decade. It peaked around 2020.

Half of US adults named Leonardo are older than 26. Most are between 18 and 61.