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full names for Leni

44 replies

ladycarlotta · 08/05/2019 23:21

Really love the name Leni for a girl - usually it's short for Helen/a which I don't love. Any thoughts on a full name that might suggest it? I guess there's Eleanor...

(this is entirely academic as I had a daughter a few months ago and named her something else, but I love her so much I'm already plotting the next.)

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AlliKaneErikson · 09/05/2019 00:15

Eleni

RiaOverTheRainbow · 09/05/2019 00:00

Melanie

BertieBotts · 08/05/2019 23:55

Annalina is lovely.

I agree anything ending in -line would work too. A few of the baby name sites you can search by starts with, ends with, contains etc.

eeela · 08/05/2019 23:53

I know two Lenis (one elderly and one in her 20s), one is named Eleni (if Greek but it would be fine to use if you're not I should think), the other Valentina.

MumUnderTheMoon · 08/05/2019 23:53

Lenore, Lennox, Lennon or just use Lennie. Leni looks a bit "nick namey" but I think Lennie looks like a full name. You could pair it with quite a feminine middle name.
Lennie Grace
Lennie Jane
Lennie Marie
Lennie Joy
Lennie Rose

Calloway · 08/05/2019 23:50

OP, did you want to pronounce it lenny or laynee?

Calloway · 08/05/2019 23:49

Leni Riefenstahl was my first thought too although there are probably lots of Lenis about and considerably fewer Adolfs!

Reasonstobeearful · 08/05/2019 23:45

Is this for a sister to Adolf? Confused

Elisheva · 08/05/2019 23:38

Penelope?

locketsprocket · 08/05/2019 23:37

Helleni, I know a girl called this and she shortens to Leni, she is such a lovely, kind, confident, beautiful girl... I love the name

Bumblebeesmum · 08/05/2019 23:34

Emmeline is beautiful & could work?

Bumblebeesmum · 08/05/2019 23:30

Maybe Adeline ?

woodcutbirds · 08/05/2019 23:29

I like Lunde's suggestions - Magdalena and Madeleine

IdblowJonSnow · 08/05/2019 23:28

Just go Leni?
We have a Leni in our lives and she is such an amazing special person.
Love it.

woodcutbirds · 08/05/2019 23:28

Ellen
Elaine
Elena
Eleanor
Leonora
Lena
Ilena

Lunde · 08/05/2019 23:26

Elaine/Elena?
Magdalena
Madeleine
Marlene

TooManyButtons · 08/05/2019 23:25

Eleni?

DramaAlpaca · 08/05/2019 23:24

Leonora maybe?

Mayalready · 08/05/2019 23:23

Leonie? Know 2, one pronounced Lee o nee
And one Lay nee.