Given name & surname
Lenn
“having the strength of a lion”
Lenn is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lenn is a variant of Leonard. One German interpretation is “having the strength of a lion.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lenn is a variant of Leonard. Leonard has been associated with Old French and Germanic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lenn is a variant of Leonard. The history of Leonard gives this family its wider story. Use of Leonard was revived during the 19th century.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Lenn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 521
- 515 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 21 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 boys is 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 453 as a first name in 2020; 410 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lenn
- Lenn KudrjawizkiGerman actor and musician (born 1975)
- Lenn JastremskiGerman footballerborn 2001
- Lenn E. GoodmanAmerican humanities scholarborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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