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).

# 904 in the US

Lenny Rank in US Top 1000

# 931 on Nameberry

Lenny Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Lenny Popularity

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