Leopold (given name)

Leopold is both a male first name and a family name.

Origin and Meaning

Leopold is a form of the Old High German name Liutbald, the syllables of the name Liut ( Old High German for people ) and soon ( Old High German for " bold, brave " ) composed and means something like " the Bold from the people." The syllable soon finds herself as the second syllable almost exclusively in male names.

Dissemination took the name Leopold also by the Holy Leopold, Margrave of Austria. He lived from 1075 to 1136, but was canonized until 1663. According to him the Leopold mountain is named in Vienna. Most of the name is therefore widespread in the southern German-speaking countries.

Variants

  • Lavoslav ( Croatian)
  • Leo ( first name ), Leoš ( Czech), Lev and Lev
  • Léopold (French), Lupold
  • Leutold
  • Liutold, Liutpold, Luitpold
  • Lebold, Lepold
  • Leibel, Leibelt, Leipelt, Leibold, Leipold, Leyboldt
  • Leo, Leopoldt
  • Leupelt, Leupold, Lewbold, Lüpold
  • Leuthold
  • Liebel, Liepelt

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Emperors, kings and princes of this name see: List of rulers named Leopold
  • Leopold, 1st Duke of Albany ( 1853-1884 ), the eighth child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert
  • Leopold of Bavaria (1846-1930), German Field Marshal
  • Leopold of Brunswick- Wolfenbüttel (1752-1785), Prussian Major General
  • Gombocz Leopold (1875-1943), Austro- Hungarian beekeepers
  • Leopold Cruel ( * 1943 ), Austrian football player
  • Leopold Cruel, jun. (1946-2010), an Austrian sculptor and stonemason
  • Leopold I of Gründlach († 1303), Bishop of Bamberg
  • Leopold Kohr (1909-1994), Austrian economist and political scientist
  • Leopold König (* 1987), Swedish cyclist
  • Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), German composer, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Leopold von Orlich (1804-1860), a Prussian officer and writer
  • Leopold von Ranke (1795-1886), German historian
  • Leopoldo Richter (1896-1984), German - Colombian artist
  • Leopold Ružička (1887-1976), Swiss chemist Croatian origin
  • Leopold von Sacher- Masoch (1836-1895), German writer
  • Leopold of Storm Mountain, also Liutpold of storm mountain ( † 1381 ), 1377-1381 Prince-Bishop of Freising

Family name

  • Aldo Leopold (1887-1948), American ecologist
  • Alfred Leopold (1852-1933), Austrian physician
  • Bernhard Leopold (1879-1962), German politician ( DNVP )
  • Bohuslav Leopold (1888-1956), Czech composer, violinist and music publisher
  • Carl Gustaf af Leopold (1756-1829), Swedish poet and writer
  • Christian Leopold (1846-1911), German gynecologist
  • Franz Leopold (1902-1960), Austrian politician (ÖVP )
  • Friedrich Leopold (1795-1875), German Lutheran theologian
  • Hans Leopold (1886 - after 1945 ), German Reichsgerichtsrat
  • Heinrich Leopold (1937-2005), an Austrian jurist and writer
  • Johann Christian Leopold (1699-1755), German engraver and publisher
  • Jordan Leopold ( born 1980 ), American ice hockey player
  • Josef Leopold (1889-1941), Austrian politician (NSDAP )
  • Joseph Friedrich Leopold (1668-1727), German engraver and publisher
  • Luna Bergere Leopold (1915-2006), American geologist, hydrologist and geomorphologist
  • Michael Leopold (born 1971 ), German sports presenter and commentator
  • Nanouk Leopold ( born 1968 ), Dutch film director and screenwriter
  • Otto Leopold (1901-1975), German politician ( KPD / SED)
  • Richard Leopold (actor ) ( 1874-1929 ), German comedian
  • Richard Leopold ( weightlifter ) ( 1909-1997 ), German weightlifter
  • Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010), Austrian Art Collector
  • Rudolf Leopold ( chess player ) ( 1894-1986 ), German composer and chess theorist
  • Silke Leopold (* 1948), German musicologist
  • Walter Leopold (1894-1953), German Buchbinder and Empire guild master bookbinder guilds
  • Male first name
  • Family name
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