Is this really horrendous?

[mabiee]

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.

Leni is ok. A friend has a baby Lori which I was a bit about but it's grown on me.

Wouldn't say its horrendous, but it's for sure more a boys name. Can't see Lennon on a girl, but Lennie kind of works.
How about Leonie, nn Lennie as an alternative?

Lori is a lovely name too. I still like Lennon , or if you want to go girlier but similar , Leonie.

What do you like OP? It's your baby and you don't need to please everyone at all. Your daughter will live (work it) and love the name she has. Give her a safe middle name incase she decides otherwise.

I know quite a few Lennon's, all boys - usually named due to its Celtic FC association in these parts rather than John though!

It's not a name I would use as a Gers fan for a girl but it's definitely not the worst name I've heard, I prefer Lena/Leonie/Elena.

It’s all well and good saying “if you and your dh like it” Does anyone think of the child who will become a teenager and then an adult?
What happened to choosing a name that actually means something to you or will suit a baby and an adult.
FWIW Lennon sounds better than Lennie..
If you don’t know Lennie from the Simpson’s or Lennie Henry I suppose it doesn’t matter

My cousin called her little girl 'Leni' it's commented on negatively constantly People nearly always say "What like as in Lenny Henry !?!)

I really like it

I like Leni - short for Eleni maybe?

I'm sure I read that Heidi Klum has a daughter called Leni but it's short for something which I can't remember I will have to google it.

Short for Helene. That's nice I think it's pronounced Hel-een

Lennie is lovely. Lennon is too try-hard and a bit ugly.

Lennon just about gets by for a boy but for a girl it is as you say "horrendous". As is Lennie.

Short for Helene. That's nice I think it's pronounced Hel-een

Hel-een sounds like a mispronounciation of the French name Hélène.

As PP have said people will assume it's because of John Lennon (or Neil Lennon depending on your location) who wasn't a nice character. I knew a boy called Lennon (after Neil), his peers called him Lemon.

Lennie can be short for Lenor like the lady from the film taken. I really like it. I quite liked Lennon too though

For me Lennie (Lenny) will always be Leonard Cohen (rip).
I do think of it very much as a boy’s name. If I met a woman called Lennie I would struggle to know what her full name might be - Leone, Helen or Helene, Madeleine would be my guesses.
On finding out it was Lennon I would think parents had saddled her with overly music referenced name and got the sex a bit wrong perhaps.
Good luck op and congrats.

Leona
Leonie

All of
Helen
Helena
Hélène
Eleanor
Leonie
Leona
Are perfectly nice, non- embarrassing names
Lennie/Leni are awful.

Lennie sounds like a male name to me.. like some character in a mafia film. but whatever, you should have the name that you like, and don't ask others what they think,

I knew a Lenia and her nn was Lennie

Has this helped you decide at all @mabiee

I like it - but I only like different names - I'm not a fan of the normal or traditional!

My goodness, I cannot believe the comments I'm reading from grown adults.....they sound no better than the bullies in the ground. Just ignore them.

I have a little boy called Lennon who is amazing AND I also know a five year old girl called Lennon, shes an awesome kid with a great personality. You've grown that little lady in your womb for nine months, your the one who's gonna be looking after her, teaching her right from wrong, teaching her to be kind to everyone (despite what their name might be) so call her what you want to call her.

When we named our little boy Lennon did I for a second think everyone would love the name? No, but my friends have called their children names I'm not particularly keen on, would I tell them that? No, that's there choice, it's their child. As long as she's born healthy and grows up happy it doesn't matter what her name is, you'll be calling it her for the rest of your life so pick one YOU love :) xxxx

Well I love Lennon/Lennie/Leni (like Leni best) - and yes of course Lennie/Leni would be fine as full name. I wouldn't be keen on Eleni/Leni because I don't like diminutives with different initial to full name ( I knew a Beth who hated it when her name turned up on lists at work as B Smith rather than E Smith), but that's my feeling not yours so it doesn't matter for your child's name...

I also know a Lizzie and a Sid that have those as their full names and it doesn't bother them - occasionally it turns up as Elizabeth or Sidney but they just correct it. I also had an uncle Bert who would get annoyed with people assuming he was Robert - he was actually Cuthbert but could have been Albert too.

As I say I love Lennie/Leni and a Lennon is fine too.

Leni is lovely and could be a name in its own. Prefer it to Lennie which seems a bit cheap and masculine although I usually like unisex names.

Leonie or Leona also lovely and unusual.