Lennie

“Variant of Leonard — Hardy people” — Germanic (via Leonard) origin

Girl's name · #2557 in the US (2025) · Heirloom

Lennie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1884, when it ranked #354. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 4,800 girls since 1880, ranked #2557 today. Together with its spelling variants Leni (#1179) and Lenny (#2799), Lennie would rank around #833 with about 330 births last year — the newborns split about 60/21/19 across Leni, Lennie, and Lenny.

Around the world: about 1 in 9,400 girls in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 11,000 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 16,000 girls in Canada (2024).

Famous Lennies

Lennie Waite — British steeplechaser
Lennie Goodings — Canadian-born publisher active in the United Kingdom
Lennie Copeland — American mathematician (1881–1951)

What Lennies become

Among 63 notable people named Lennie:

Similar names: Lenny · Ottilie · Lenna · Jennie · Adella · Perry

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