Lennard
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LEN-erd
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Lennard is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a lion”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Lennard mean?
Germanic: spelling of Lenard, itself a spelling of Leonard
“brave as a lion”
A spelling of Leonard, from Germanic elements meaning lion and hardy or brave.
Meaning borrowed from Lenard.
Is Lennard a girl's or a boy's name?
Lennard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lennard in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Lennard, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 14 boys.
2025 had more boys named Lennard than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Lennard in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 211 boys in the UK were given Lennard or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #2,202 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Lennard in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Lennard in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1949, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Lennard in the US since 1880 were born between 1944 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lennard in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 14 | #2,604 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 13 | #2,620 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 20 | #1,792 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,116 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 13 | #2,313 |
| 1959 | 23 | #1,664 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,592 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,764 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 11 | #2,374 |
| 1951 | 15 | #1,971 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,461 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,913 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,298 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,650 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
Nicknames for Lennard
Names like Lennard
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Freddie, Edward, Frederick, Louie, Bobby, Albert, Reggie, Otis, Robin, Tommy, Archie, Alfred
Other spellings of Lennard
Names related to Lennard
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Miles, Alice, Myles, Charles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lennard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lennard, updated 20 October 2026.