Lenard

Where Lenard comes from

Lenard hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #682 among boys — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1932
    Peak, #410
    188 babies named Lenard — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1944
    Lenard Lakofka born
    American writer and game designer
  4. 1959
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #801.
  5. 1962
    Lenard Montoute born
    Saint Lucian politician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Lenard Lakofka · American writer and game designer, 1944–2020
  • Lenard Montoute · Saint Lucian politician, born 1962
  • Lenard Chroen · Mayor of Ljubljana, 1520–1585
  • Lenard Fritz Krawinkel · German actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.