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♂ Lenny
What does Lenny mean?
Lenny 
as a boys' name is pronounced LEN-ee. It is of English origin. Short form of Leonard.
STARTS WITH Le-
Variations
VARIANTS Len, Lenn, Lennell, Lennie
RELATED FORMS VIA LEONARD Lee▼, Lenard▼, Lennard, Lennart, Lennerd, Leo▲, Leon▼, Leone, Leonid, Leonis, Lonny
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Luny, ..
(female) Lenly, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Lenny Branden (L.B.), ..
How popular is Lenny?
Lenny is a somewhat prominent first name for men (#968 out of 1220, Top 79%) and an even more prominent last name for all people (#74398 out of 150436, Top 49%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Lenny entered the list in 1940-1949 and reached its apex position of #628 in the U.S. in the 1960s, and is at #1690 presently. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Leo (#50 LAST YEAR), Leon (#238), Leonard (#633), Lee (#689), Len, Lenard, Lennard, Lennie and Lonny are the popular varying forms of Lenny (#1690). These relations of Lenny reached the height of their popularity 118 years ago (ADOPTION OF 1.4%) and have become much less conventional since (ADOPTION 0.5%, ▼63.6%), with forms such as Lenard going out of style. Leo is more familiar than the rest.
Similar Names
Lenny is alike in pronunciation to Lannie, Lanny▼, Linnie, Lino, Lioni, Lionni, Lonnie▼, Lonny and Luano. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Benny▼, Berny, Danny▼, Denny▼, Donny▼, Glenny, Jonny, Kenny▼, Leary, Lenci, Lennox▲, Lenox, Leon▼, Leone, Leroy▼, Lesly, Levey, Levy, Lezly, Lindy, Linly, Linn, Linzy, Lonn, Lonne, Lundy, Lunn, Lynn▼, Manny, Renny, Ronny▼, Sonny▲, Sunny, Tenny and Vinny. These names tend to be less commonly used than Lenny.
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