Given name
Lenita
“one who has soft and silky skin”
Lenita is a variant of Lenis. One Latin interpretation is “one who has soft and silky skin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lenita is a variant of Lenis. One Latin interpretation is “one who has soft and silky skin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lenita is a variant of Lenis. An origin associated with Lenis is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lenita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,178
- 0 boys · 1,178 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 38 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 38 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,006 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lenita’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Lenita has a related form in Leena. Lenita has a related form in Lenis.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Lenita
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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