Lenny
Meaning
pet form of Leonard, ultimately Germanic for 'brave lion'
The formal names behind Lenny
Lenny is an established short form of each of these names.
Leonard · Germanic origin · Germanic, 'brave lion' or 'lion-strength'
Lennox · Scottish origin · place name/surname, "place of elm trees"
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lenny peaked in the 1960s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
259 people · the #21,154 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 29
Among people named Lenny living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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