Learned Surname Guide

Heraldry is personal. Arms recorded for a Learned family belonged to that family, and other bearers of the name may have no link to them.

The meaning behind Learned

The Learned last name has English roots. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “descendant of Leonard (lion, bold)”.

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear. Related forms include Learnard. Learned ranked 16,926 in the 2010 US Census, with 1,681 people answering to the name.

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