The Lenhardt Family Name

Arms linked to Leonhardt and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

The meaning behind Lenhardt

Lenhardt is a familiar spelling of the German name Leonhardt. The family name meaning is “A descendant of Leonhard, lion and bold”, the same as for Leonhardt.

Before spelling was fixed, Leonhardt was also written Lenhardt. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Lenhart, Lenhard and Lenart. 1,858 Americans were listed as Lenhardt in the 2010 census. 433 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Lenhardt name at birth. Births ran at 11 in 1891–1900 and 30 in 1991–2000.

Get the complete Lenhardt report, with a museum-style coat of arms.