Leonardo (given name)
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| Pronunciation | Italian: [leoˈnardo] |
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| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Meaning | strong as a lion |
Leonardo is a masculine given name, the Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese equivalent of the English, German, and Dutch name, Leonard.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Artists
- Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), Italian Renaissance scientist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, and painter
- Leonardo Schulz Cardoso, Brazilian singer
- Emival Eterno da Costa (born 1963), Brazilian singer known as Leonardo
- Leonardo de Mango (1843–1930), Italian-born Turkish painter
- Leonardo DiCaprio (born 1974), American actor
- Leonardo Pieraccioni (born 1965), Italian actor and director
Athletes
- Leonardo Araújo (born 1969), usually known as Leonardo, Brazilian World Cup-winning footballer, and former sporting director of Paris Saint Germain
- Leonardo Campana (born 2000), Ecuadorian footballer
- Leonardo Fioravanti (born 1997), Italian surfer
- Leonardo Balerdi (born 1999), Argentine footballer
- Leonardo Lourenço Bastos (born 1975), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Bittencourt, German footballer
- Leonardo Bonucci (born 1987), Italian footballer
- Leonardo Candi (born 1997), Italian basketball player
- Leonardo Cardona (born 1971), Colombian road cyclist
- Leonardo Emilio Comici (1901–1940), Italian mountain climber
- Leonardo David (1960–1985), Italian alpine skier
- Leonardo André Pimenta Faria (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo de Jesus Geraldo (born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Gonçalves (born 1996), Brazilian judoka
- Leonardo Renan Simões de Lacerda (born 1988), also known as Léo, Brazilian football defender
- Leonardo Lopes (born 1998), Portuguese footballer
- Leonardo Meindl (born 1993), Brazilian basketball forward
- Leonardo José Aparecido Moura (born 1986), Brazilian footballer of Shakhtar Donetsk
- Leonardo Narváez (born 1980), Colombian track cyclist
- Leonardo Rodriguez Pereira (born 1986), Brazilian footballer of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
- Leonardo Santiago (born 1983), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Ferreira da Silva (born 1980), Brazilian footballer of Chiangrai United
- Leonardo dos Santos Silva (born 1976), Brazilian footballer of FC Dordrecht (also known as Leonardo II)
- José Leonardo Ribeiro da Silva (born 1988), usually known as Leonardo, Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Sottani, Italian water polo player
- Leonardo Nascimento Lopes de Souza (born 1997), Brazilian footballer
- Leonardo Spinazzola (born 1993), Italian footballer
- Leonardo Suárez (born 1996), Argentine footballer
- Leonardo Ulloa (born 1986), Argentine footballer
- Leonardo Zappavigna, Australian boxer
Other
- Leonardo Aguilar (born 1999), Mexican singer
- Leonardo Bruni (c. 1370–1444), humanist, historian and chancellor of Florence
- Leonardo Farkas (born 1967), Chilean businessman
- Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170 – c. 1250), Italian mathematician
- Leonardo León (born 1952), Chilean historian
- Leonardo López Luján (born 1964), Mexican archaeologist
- Leonardo López Pérez (born 2001), Mexican professional gamer, better known as MkLeo
- Leonardo Torres Quevedo (1852–1936), Spanish civil engineer, mathematician and inventor
Fictional characters
- Leonardo, the leader of the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Leonardo Acropolis, painter on the BBC sitcom Blackadder
- Leonardo Leonardo, on the short-lived animated series, Clerks: The Animated Series
- Leonardo Vetra, in Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons
- Leonardo Watch, in the manga series Blood Blockade Battlefront
See also
- Leonardo (disambiguation)
- Lenny (disambiguation)
- Leonard (disambiguation)
- Leo (disambiguation)
- Leon (disambiguation)
References
- ^ Albaigès, Josep M.; Olivart, J.M.A. (1993). Diccionario de nombres de personas (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. p. 157. ISBN 978-84-475-0264-6. Retrieved 15 September 2018.