Lenyn

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lenyn by the numbers

Lenyn was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Lenyn

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lenyn. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lenyx29 in the US (2017)
  • Lennonsmall cloak or garment; surname used as given name1,084 in the US (2017)
  • Lennia form of leonard; strong lion5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leelynmeadow; a form of lea with -lyn suffix9 in the US (2017)
  • Linkyn33 in the US (2017)
  • Lenix30 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Lenyn

Names that are said the same way as Lenyn, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Leninman of the lena river70 in the US (2017)
  • Lennansmall cloak; from Lennán10 in the US (2017)
  • Lennyn51 in the US (2017)
  • Lennin11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lenyn

Nobody has voted for Lenyn yet

Vote for Lenyn and put it up against all the other baby names

Vote for Lenyn