Leonard

The name derives from Germanic elements meaning lion and hardy. It entered the English language following the Norman Conquest of 1066. In the United States, official records began documenting it in 1880, after which it climbed steadily into the national top forty by the early nineteen-twenties.

The name reads as someone who keeps a labelled biscuit tin of mismatched washers in a garage. While its peak came in 1921, the average living bearer is about sixty-one years old, placing the sound among transistor radios and municipal water boards. It carries the acoustic texture of a heavy wool blanket and an oilcan. The name suggests an individual who will not discard a cardboard box until every appliance in the house has outlived its warranty.