Leopold

See also: Léopold

English

Leopold II of Belgium.

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈliːəpəʊld/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈliːəpoʊld/
• IPA^(key): (obsolete) /ˈlɛpəld/

Proper noun

Leopold

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Used in the 19th century but rare today.

   Several kings of the Belgians were called Leopold.

2. A place name:
   1. A suburb of Geelong in the City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
   2. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Perry County, Indiana, United States.
   3. An unincorporated community in Bollinger County, Missouri, United States.
   4. An unincorporated community in Doddridge County, West Virginia, United States.

Derived terms

• Lake Leopold II
• Leopoldian

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Լեոպոլդ (Leopold)
• Catalan: Leopold
• Czech: Leopold (cs)
• Dutch: Leopold (nl)
• Esperanto: Leopoldo
• French: Léopold (fr)
• Galician: Leopoldo (gl)
• German: Leopold (de)

  Bavarian: Leopoid

• Greek: Λεοπόλδος (el) (Leopóldos)
• Hungarian: Lipót (hu)
• Italian: Leopoldo (it)
• Latin: Leopoldus
• Polish: Leopold (pl)
• Portuguese: Leopoldo (pt) m
• Russian: Леопольд (ru) (Leopolʹd)
• Slovak: Leopold m
• Spanish: Leopoldo (es)
• Walloon: Yopôl (wa)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛopolt]

Proper noun

Leopold m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leopold

Declension

Declension of Leopold (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Leopold	Leopoldové
genitive	Leopolda	Leopoldů
dative	Leopoldovi, Leopoldu	Leopoldům
accusative	Leopolda	Leopoldy
vocative	Leopolde	Leopoldové
locative	Leopoldovi, Leopoldu	Leopoldech
instrumental	Leopoldem	Leopoldy

Further reading

• “Leopold”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Leopold”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.oːˌpɔlt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Le‧o‧pold

Proper noun

Leopold m

1. a male given name

Derived terms

• Leopoldstad

German

Etymology

From Old High German Luitbald.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːopɔlt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Leopold

1. a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Leopold

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɔpɔld/

Proper noun

Leopold m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Leopold

Declension

Declension of Leopold
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural
nominative	Leopold	Leopoldovia
genitive	Leopolda	Leopoldov
dative	Leopoldovi	Leopoldom
accusative	Leopolda	Leopoldov
locative	Leopoldovi	Leopoldoch
instrumental	Leopoldom	Leopoldmi

Derived terms

• Leo
• Leopoldko
• Leoš
• Poldo

Further reading

• “Leopold”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026