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 [ 4 syll. leo-nar-do, le-ona-rdo ] The boy name Leonardo is pronounced LIYahNAARDow KEY. Leonardo's origin is Latin and Germanic, and its use, Portuguese, Italian, and Spanish. Leonardo is a variant form of the English Leonard in the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish languages. Leonardo is also a variant form of the Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Czech, and Hawaiian Leo in the Portuguese language. Leonardo is popular as a baby boy name, and it is also perceived as trendy. The name has been increasing in popularity since the 1940s. At the modest height of its usage in 2007, 0.114% of baby boys were named Leonardo. It was #164 in rank then. In 2008, it ranked at #170 with a usage of 0.108%, and it was the most popular within all boy names in its family. Leonardo was used 45% more than the 2nd ranked name, the Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Czech, and Hawaiian Leo, in 2008. Baby names that sound like Leonardo include the German Leonhard, the Italian Lionardo, the Dutch and German Lammert, the English and German Lenard, the English, German, and Scandinavian Lennard, the German and Scandinavian Lennart, the German Lennert, the English Leonard, the French Léonard, the German Lienhard, the French, German, and Rhaeto-Romanic Linard, the Catalan Lleonard, and the French Lienard. Details of famous persons named Leonardo: KEY: English pronunciation for Leonardo: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)"   |
