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Leonard'' or ''Leo'' is a common English language masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") and the suffix ''hardu'' ("brave" or "hardy"). The name has come to mean "lion strength", "lion-strong", or "lion-hearted". It may also be from the Latin ''Leo'' ("lion"). Leonard was the name of a Saint in the Middle Ages period, known as the patron saint of prisoners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leonard - name meaning and origin )〕 Leonard is also an Irish origin surname, from the Gaelic ''O'Leannain'', consisting of the prefix ''O'' ("descendant of") and the suffix ''Leannan'' ("lover"). The oldest public records of the surname appear in 1272 in Huntingdonshire, England, and in 1479 in Ulm, Germany.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Surname: Leonard )〕 == Variations == The name has variants in other languages:〔 * Lennard, Learned, Lenny/diminutive (English) * Lennert (German, Dutch, Flemish) * Léonard ((:leɔnaʁ); French) * Leon (French) * Leonard = "Renata" in Maori,Waitaha * Leonhard, Leonhardt (German) * Leonardi, Lunardi (Italian) * Leonardo (Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) * Lenart (disambiguation) (Czech, Slovene) * Lennart (Swedish, Estonian, Dutch (Groningen, Friesland)) * Lenno (Groningen) * Leen (Dutch) * Lenni (Finnish) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leonard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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