Given name & surname
Lennox
“one who owns many elm trees”
Lennox is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “one who owns many elm trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “one who owns many elm trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
How it developed
From Middle English Levenax, from Scottish Gaelic Leamhnach (“inhabitant of Lennox”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lennox through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,739
- 14,330 boys · 5,409 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 1,915 babies
- 2025
- 1,552
- #289 for boys · #717 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 71% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 1,160 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 289 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 45.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 392 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (93). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,407 as a first name in 2020; 3,503 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.
Lennox’s family of names
Lennox has a related form in Lenox. Lennox has a related form in Lenix. Lennox has a related form in Lenixe.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Lennox
- Lennox LewisBritish-Canadian boxer Vcborn 1965
- Lennox MillerAthletics competitor, sprinter (1946–2004)
- Lennox BerkeleyBritish composer (1903–1989)
- Lennox KilgourTrinidad and Tobago weightlifter1927–2004
- Lennox SebeCiskei president (1926-1994)
- Lennox CastilloBelizean association football playerborn 1985
- Lennox RobinsonIrish writer (1886-1958)
- Lenox ShumanGuyanese politician (born 1973)
- Lennox BrownSouth African cricketer (1910-1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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