Leopold
After years near zero it's climbing back: more boys got it last year than in seasons past, though it stays rare enough that most Poles have never met one. The name is Germanic, built from roots meaning "brave people".
Leopold Pronunciation
Leopold is pronounced le-O-polt (/lɛˈɔpɔlt/).
What Leopold means
Where Leopold comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Leopold grew from two Germanic words: liut, the people, and bald, bold or brave. Together they give brave people, the short meaning that follows the name still. Older forms like Liutbald and Leudbald show the shape it kept before Latin softened it.
Then a lion slipped in. Speakers heard leo at the front, the Latin word, and the spelling settled as Leo-pold. The lion arrived late. It was never the origin, though the image held on and gave the name a second face.
Saint Leopold III governed Austria in the twelfth century and became the country's patron. His feast, and so the Polish imieniny, falls on 15 November. Read a class register on that day and a Leopold might glance up, answering to a name that once meant a garrison's courage. The plain sense holds without the lion: brave among the people, odważny wśród ludu.
How many people are named Leopold
1 in 7524 men in Poland is named Leopold. 2,837 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #606 among male names.
Leopold's popularity over time
52 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #345 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2005.
Where Leopold is most popular
Leopold is most popular in Masovian, 110% above the national average (108 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+49%) and Pomeranian (+27%). It is least common in Lublin and Warmian-Masurian, 87% and 81% below average respectively.
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Masovian108 boys born+110%
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Lower Silesian34 boys born+49%
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Pomeranian27 boys born+27%
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Lesser Poland35 boys born+6%
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West Pomeranian13 boys born+6%
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Greater Poland32 boys born+3%
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Łódź17 boys born−7%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian11 boys born−31%
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Lubusz4 boys born−44%
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Subcarpathian8 boys born−54%
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Podlaskie4 boys born−58%
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Silesian14 boys born−58%
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Świętokrzyskie2 boys born−75%
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Warmian-Masurian2 boys born−81%
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Lublin2 boys born−87%
Leopold as a middle name
Leopold is a first name for 2,837 men in Poland and a middle name for another 3,219, a 47/53 split — almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 147th, between Brunon (3,239) and Gracjan (3,179).
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145
3,489Klaudiusz
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146
3,239Brunon
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1473,219Leopold
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148
3,179Gracjan
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149
3,178Roch
When Leopold celebrates name day
Leopold appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar. The main date is 15 November.