Leopold etymology

Etymology:

• Old High German: "Liutpold"
• Middle High German: "Liupolt"

Meaning:

• "Liut" means "people" or "army"
• "pold" means "bold"

Origin:

• Germanic
• First used as a personal name in the 6th century

Variations:

• German: Leopold, Leopoldus
• Austrian: Leopold, Poldi
• Czech: Leopold
• English: Leopold
• French: Léopold, Léo
• Italian: Leopoldo
• Polish: Leopold
• Spanish: Leopoldo

Notable People with the Name Leopold:

• Leopold Mozart (1719-1787), Austrian composer and father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865), first king of Belgium
• Leopold III of Belgium (1901-1983), fourth king of Belgium
• Leopold II of Tuscany (1797-1870), Grand Duke of Tuscany
• Leopold Bloom, the protagonist of James Joyce's novel "Ulysses"

Leopold relate terms

• bold

  Etymology From Middle English bold bolde from Old English beald bald bold brave

• lede

  Etymology Old English lede læde way course Proto Germanic laþō Proto Indo Eur

• ester

  Etymology The word ester is derived from the German word Essigäther meaning vinega

• bald

  The word bald comes from the Old English word balde which meant bald or without ha

• humor

  Etymology The word humor derives from the Latin word humor meaning liquid or mois

• afflict

  Etymology of Afflict Afflict originates from the Latin word affligere meaning to

• disaster

  Etymology The word disaster comes from the Middle French word desastre which in turn

• profane

  Etymology The word profane derives from the Latin profanus meaning outside the tem

• heresy

  Etymology The word heresy is derived from the Old French hérésie which in turn co

• deliver

  Etymology Latin deferre to bear away bring down Proto Indo European dʰer to

• church

  Etymology The English word church originates from the Old English word cirice which