Is this really horrendous?

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Lennon, nn Lennie for baby girl. I read a book a while back and there was a girl in there called Lennon and it’s stuck with me since.
I think Lennie is a cute and pretty nn too. I typically like slightly more unisex names.
OH likes it too. I was pretty much decided on it but decided last night to do a which MN search on the name just to see the general opinion / check for any issues in it etc. Bad idea. The pinnacle was a recent thread on Lennyn... didn’t go well.

So is Lennon / Lennie that bad? It would be Lennon Rose probably.

I don't really like it at all but I wouldn't call it horrendous.

Are you big Beatles fans?

I'm personally not keen. I would also tend to think of it as definitely a boy's name.

That is just my opinion. It isn't the worst I have ever heard though.

I think it's lovely!

Sound wise I don’t mind it and Lennie is fun, but John Lennon was a pretty unpleasant character so I don’t think I’d like to appear to name my daughter after him.

It's beautiful!

My brain said Lemon. So not keen.

Lennie is sweet though. Could it be short for anything else.

Leonie, Elinor, Helen.

I know an11 year old who is just Leni. I rather like it. I see Lennon as a surname/male name.

Awful.

I'd assume it was after John, who wasn't a nice character. And Lenny isn't unisex so much as a boy's name. Your DD will have to spend her whole life explaining your "interesting" choice.

I wouldnt name a girl after a bloke who used to slap his girlfriends around tbh.

And Lennie remind me of Lenny Henry.

Dreadful

Love Lennie, not a John Lennon fan though so Lennon is a non starter for me.

I dont't like it at all. In general, I don't love surnames as first names, but especially in this case where it is so strongly associated with one person.

Helen nn Lennie
Eleanor nn Lennie
Magdalena nn Lennie

We know a Leonard nickname Lenny. I like it. Makes me think of Big Bang theory which I enjoy !

My dd has an unusual unisex name and has never spent any part of her life explaining our 'interesting ' choice.

Liam Gallagher and Patsy Kensit have a 19 year old son named Lennon.

Prefer Lennox to Lennon but Leni/Lennie are nice nicknames

I like it. But I have also just named my son something old style that I know many people wouldn’t like. I’ve never met another person with the name or even heard of one.
If you like it, go with it. I’m pleased we have!

I have a friend who's baby's nick name is Leni, it's really sweet and definitely suits her, I think it's cute

And out of interest I just did a MN search on my sons name and holy mother of Lord it is HATED.
Still don’t care though...

It’s absolutely dreadful. Btw, if you have to ask “is this horrendous?” doesn’t that signal anything to you?

To me it's very much a boy name, not unisex. But I suppose if enough people use it for girls it will become unisex. I wouldn't though, personally.

Its a surname in my book- boys name at a push. There were some good suggestions for alternative names, with Leni as a nickname above.

Ds plays rugby with a Lennon.
What about Leonie? Could also have Lennie as a nn.

Not keen on Lennon. I do like Lennie as a nn though. I'd be looking for other names I could use nn Lennie. Eleanora?

You want Lennie as a nickname.
Try: Lynette
Lynda
Lysandra