Given name
Lonny
“having the strength of a lion”·“man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel”
Lonny is a variant of Loni. In English use, Loni carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.” Lonny is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lonny is a variant of Loni. In English use, Loni carries the interpretation “having the strength of a lion.” Lonny is a variant of Lawrence. One Latin interpretation is “man from Laurentum; crowned with laurel.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lonny 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 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Lonny 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
Lonny through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,413
- 6,357 boys · 56 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 213 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,153 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,153 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 213 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,656 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.
Lonny’s family of names
Lonny has a related form in Lawrence. Lonny has a related form in Leonard. In English usage, Lonny has a related form in Lonnie.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lonny
- Lonny BaxterAmerican basketball player (born 1979)
- Lonny ChapmanAmerican actor (1920-2007)
- Lonny RossAmerican television actorborn 2000
- Lonny KellnerGerman actress and singer (1930–2003)
- Lonny PriceAmerican actorborn 1959
- Lonny BohonosCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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