leonard
/ˈlɛnɚd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from the Germanic languages.
name
A surname transferred from the given name.
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "- - - save the delight of being called "Leo" by those whom the newspapers call "the leading fashionables", whereas, had he stuck to the city, he might still have been called only Leonard, like his father before him."
- ""You want names, I'll give you names. My name is Leonard Alfred Schneider. What was I doing when I took the name Lenny Bruce? I was moving towards the invisible middle."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛnɚd/