Léopold

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Germanic name from lið/leo- 'people' + bald 'bold'; on page: convulsions, melancholy, poverty

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Léopold is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Czechia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 136K(measured from records)
  • SISlovenia1 in 2K
  • CZCzechia1 in 3.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Czechia (measured from records)

3,380 people

Sources
233 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 2.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Slovenia

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Leopold in US United States, CM Cameroon.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Germanic name from lið/leo- 'people' + bald 'bold'; on page: convulsions, melancholy, poverty.

Sources 1

  • Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Léopold counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Léopold is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CZ Czechia—3,3801 in 3.2K3.4K—1
CM Cameroon#270≈3,000 est.≈1 in 9.3K—Leopold19
PL Poland—2,7951 in 14K2.8K—1
SE Sweden—2,4971 in 4.1K2.5K—6
US United States—2,4491 in 136K4.4KLeopold111
SI Slovenia—1,0681 in 2K1.1K—2
HR Croatia—4851 in 8.7K485——

3,380 people counted by MVČR — living population register 2017. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; MVČR — living population register 2017; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SURS — resident population given names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Léopold is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Austria, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Leopold, Lèopold

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Leopold, Leópold

  • Russian given name35 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Croatian

    Also written Леопольд, Leopold, Leopol'D, Леапольд, Леополд

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Leopold

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Léopold is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Germanic name from elements meaning 'people' + 'bold'.

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

  • In French, Origine germanique, « peuple courageux ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

14001600180020002200Leopold V, Archduke of Austria, b. 1586Georges Cuvier, b. 1769Albert I of Belgium, b. 1875Henry Hathaway, b. 1898Léopold Sédar Senghor, b. 1906Gilbert Bécaud, b. 1927Pierre Richard, b. 1934Filip van België, b. 1960Félix of Luxembourg, b. 1984Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, b. 2005
  • Leopold V, Archduke of Austriab. 1586AT1586-1632, bishop of Passau and Strasbourg (until 1625), Archduke of Austria-Tirol
  • Georges Cuvierb. 1769FRnot in their usual nameFrench naturalist, zoologist and paleontologist (1769–1832)
  • Albert I of Belgiumb. 1875BEnot in their usual nameKing of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934 (1875–1934)
  • Henry Hathawayb. 1898USnot in their usual nameAmerican film director and producer (1898-1985)
  • Léopold Sédar Senghorb. 1906FRfirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist (1906–2001)
  • Gilbert Bécaudb. 1927FRnot in their usual nameFrench singer, composer, pianist and actor (1927–2001)
  • Pierre Richardb. 1934FRnot in their usual nameFrench actor, film director, screenwriter and comedian
  • Filip van Belgiëb. 1960BEnot in their usual nameKing of the Belgians since 2013
  • Félix of Luxembourgb. 1984LUnot in their usual nameLuxembourgian Royal
  • Prince Emmanuel of Belgiumb. 2005BEnot in their usual nameyounger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 21 sources across 14 countries.

Official registers attesting Léopold
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—21#23,880
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)202016—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201915—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201812—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)201712—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#10,207
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20269#11,483
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—2#53,104
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2016——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2015——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2014——
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)2013——

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Léopold mean, and where does it come from?
Germanic name from lið/leo- 'people' + bald 'bold'; on page: convulsions, melancholy, poverty. Recorded by Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms.
Is Léopold a male or female name?
Léopold is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Léopold?
In the etymology graph, Leopoldo is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Léopold have the most bearers?
In Czechia, the national register counted about 3.4 thousand people named Léopold, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Léopold most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Léopold is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 2.0 thousand people — even though Czechia holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Léopold?
In Czechia, the national register counted 3,380 people named Léopold, about 1 in 3.2 thousand residents.
How common is Léopold compared with other names?
In Cameroon, Léopold is the 270th most common given name of 9,064 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Léopold” — the 270th most common given name in Cameroon. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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