Lenny

E913995

given name hypocorism

Lenny is a given name, often used as a diminutive form of Leonard or similar names.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Lenni	1
Leonard	0

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	given name ⓘ hypocorism ⓘ
canBeUsedAs	independent given name ⓘ nickname ⓘ
category	English masculine given names ⓘ hypocorisms ⓘ
derivedFromNameMeaning	brave lion ⓘ
etymologicalRoot	Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderAssociation	masculine ⓘ
hasFamousBearer	Lenny Bruce NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenny Kravitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenny Wilkens NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFictionalBearer	Lennie Small from Of Mice and Men NERFINISHED ⓘ Lenny Leonard from The Simpsons NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVariantSpelling	Lennie NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDiminutiveOf	Lennart NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonard NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonardo NERFINISHED ⓘ
meaning	brave lion ⓘ
nameLength	5 letters ⓘ
shortFormOf	namesBeginningWithLen- ⓘ
spellingType	informal ⓘ
typicalUsageContext	English-speaking countries ⓘ
usedInLanguage	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Homecoming → hasCharacter → Lenny ⓘ

Squiggy → hasFriend → Lenny ⓘ

Len → hasSpellingVariant → Lenny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lenni

Lenny Kosnowski → nickname → Lenny ⓘ

Len → relatedName → Lenny ⓘ