Name meaning & stats
Len
Len means “brave as a lion” (Germanic origin). 3,452 US babies since 1940, peak 1958.
What it means
“brave as a lion”
GermanicPet form of Leonard
In US birth records
Peak year: 1958
3,452 US babies were named Len between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Len (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 56% of the family
- Len 56%
- Lenin 28%
- Lenn 7%
- Lennin 5%
- Lenon 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1958)