Name meaning & stats
Lenny
Lenny means “brave as a lion” (Germanic origin). 8,870 US babies since 1940, peak 1960.
What it means
“brave as a lion”
GermanicPet form of Leonard
In US birth records
Peak year: 1960
8,870 US babies were named Lenny between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lenny (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: 70% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1960)