Leopold

See also: Léopold

English

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.

Proper noun

Leopold

1. A male given name. Used in the 19th century but rare today.
2. Any of several Kings of the Belgians.

Translations

male given name

• Armenian: Լեոպոլդ (Leopold)
• Bavarian: Leopoid
• Catalan: Leopold
• Czech: Leopold
• Esperanto: Leopoldo
• French: Léopold (fr)

• Galician: Leopoldo (gl)
• German: Leopold (de)
• Greek: Λεοπόλδος (Leopóldos)
• Italian: Leopoldo (it)
• Portuguese: Leopoldo m
• Russian: Леопольд (Leopolʹd)
• Spanish: Leopoldo (es)

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Czech

Proper noun

Leopold m

1. A male given name, cognate to Leopold.

Further reading

• Leopold in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Leopold in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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German

Proper noun

Leopold

1. A male given name, cognate to English Leopold.

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛɔpɔld/

Proper noun

Leopold m (genitive Leopolda, nominative plural Leopoldovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name.

Declension

Declension of Leopold

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

Derived terms

• Leo
• Leoš
• Poldo
• Leopoldko

Further reading

• Leopold in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk