Lenny (given name)

Lenny or Lennie is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

It is a historical hypocoristic of names such as Leonard, Leon, Leander, Leonce, Lenard, and occasionally for Alexander as well.

People

Leonard Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player
Lenny Fernandes Coelho (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
Lenny Druyts (born 1997), Belgian professional racing cycling
Leonard Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
Lenny Hayes (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
Elaine Lenny Holohan (born 1985), Irish camogie player
Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
Lenny Permana (born 1975), female badminton player from Australia
Lenny Randle (1949–2024), American baseball player
Lenny Rodrigues, Indian footballer playing for FC Goa
Leonard Lennie Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
Ilenia Lenny Sims (born 2002), English-Italian cricketer
Leonard Lenny Wilkens (1937–2025), American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
Lennie Waite (born 1986), British female track and field athlete

Lenny (singer) (born 1993), Czech singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, and pianist
Leonard Lenny Fontana (active from 1985), American house music DJ
Leonard Lennie Hayton (1908–1971), American composer and conductor
Lenny Kaye (born 1946), American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
Leonard Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
Helena Lenny Kuhr (born 1950), Dutch singer-songwriter
Leonard Lenny Waronker (born 1941), American record label executive and producer
Lenny Welch (1938–2025), American pop singer

Lenny Clarke (born 1953), actor, writer, and producer
Lenworth Lenny Henry (born 1958), British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
Lennie James (born 1965), British actor
Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce (1925–1966), an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist
Lenny Trčková (born 1978), Czech radio presenter, TV presenter and model

Lennie Copeland (1881–1951), American mathematician and professor
Leonard DiMaria (born 1941), New York mobster
Leuntje Lenny Geluk-Poortvliet (born 1943), Dutch politician
Lennie Goodings (born 1953), Canadian-born publisher active in the United Kingdom
Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy (1952–1982), psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
Lenny Montana (1926–1992), professional wrestler and mob enforcer turned film actor
Lenny Patrick, Chicagoan mobster
Lenny Ureña Valerio (born 1977), Puerto Rican scholar of colonial and Polish history

Lenny (bot), a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
Lenny Buskers, a character in the television series Legion
Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
Lenny Feder, in the films Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2
Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
Lenny, a neopet
Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy & Chum Chum
Lenny, a gorilla from Jim Henson's Animal Show
Lenny Fiasco, the true identity of the Batman villain known as the Eraser.