Lenity
Origin
English
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
gentleness, mildness (from Latin lenitas); a real word rarely used as a name
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890srare in US records2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lenity has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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