Leonardo

Where Leonardo comes from

Borrowed from Italian Leonardo.
— Wiktionary's entry for Leonardo
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1452
    Leonardo da Vinci born
    Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #936 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1974
    Leonardo DiCaprio born
    American actor and producer
  4. 2022
    Peak, #75
    4,367 babies named Leonardo — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Leonard.
Namesakes
  • Leonardo da Vinci · Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519), 1452–1519
  • Leonardo DiCaprio · American actor and producer, born 1974
  • Leonardo Bonucci · Italian association football player, born 1987
  • Leonardo Araújo · Brazilian association football player, born 1969
  • Leonardo Bruni · Italian humanist historian, 1369–1444

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.