Lenny

Diminutive of Leonard

"brave lion"

Lenny Origin and Meaning

The name Lenny is a boy's name meaning "brave lion".

Nickname of yesteryear now saddled with all manner of unattractive associations. Any Leonard of today would be called Leo, or maybe Leon or Leonard (or much more fashionably, Leonardo).

Lenny Rank in US Top 1000

# 904 in the US

Lenny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 931 on Nameberry

Lenny Popularity

• 931 Nameberry 2024
• 391 Unique 2023
• 277 Unisex 2023
• 140 England 2023
• 100 France 2023
• 98 Germany 2023
• 63 Switzerland 2023
• 90 Israel 2020

20 Names Similar to Lenny

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Famous People Named Lenny

• Lenny Bruce (born Leonard Alfred Schneider) American comedian
• Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz American singer/song writer
• Lenworth George "Lenny" Henry English actor/comedian
• Lenny Castro American session musician
• Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens American basketball player
• Leonard "Lenny" White III American jazz fusion drummer
• Lenny Kaye American guitarist of the Patti Smith Group
• Leonard Kyle "Lenny" Dykstra American baseball player
• Lenny Federer (b. 2014) son of Swiss professional tennis player Roger Federer
• Lenny Jane Wood (b. 2018) daughter of YouTube family vloggers Carlie and Jackson Wood (WhatsUpWoods & CarlieStylez)

Lenny in Pop Culture

• Lenny character in Neil Simon's "Rumors"
• Leonard "Lenny" Feder character in movie "Grown Ups"
• Leonard "Lenny" Kosnowski character on TV's 'Laverne & Shirley'
• Lenford "Lenny" Leonard character on TV's "The Simpsons"
• ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) or "Le Lenny Face " an Internet meme