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Leopold

Pronounced /ˈliːəpoʊld/

Rank in 2024
#2,079
Born in 2024
72
Peak year
2020 · #1440
Origin
Germanic

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 72 boys were named Leopold, about 1 in every 23,824.
  • It peaked in 2020 with 120 babies, ranked #1440.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 3,965 boys have been named Leopold since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Leopold per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,025 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 461 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 327 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 187 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 166 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 561 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,122 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Old French Leopold, from Old High German liut (“people”) + bald (“bold”). The first part is sometimes associated by folk etymology with Latin leo (“lion”), as in Leo and Leonard. More at lede, bold.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages. Used in the 19th century but rare today.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈliːəpoʊld/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Leopold, CC BY-SA 4.0.