Thoughts on Lenny?

[Shell90]

Short for Leonard which would have meaning for us. Or would you go with Leo? OH likes quite traditional names

I like Leonard. Pronounced Leo-nard.

I know a Lennard whose is Lenny.

I also like Leonardo.

Lenny. The lion. A spiv. Urgh.
Leo. Acceptable as an abbreviation for Leonard, which is pronounced 'len-'rd'.

Leonard is pronounced Lennard isn’t it?

Anyway you can still use Leo as a short form which I think is a lot nicer than Lenny. I have to say I prefer Leonardo, but if he’s called Leo on a day to day basis it doesn’t matter.

I like Leo. Lenny has strong ‘of mice and men’ connotations to me.

same @Chihuahuacat.

If you pronounce it Lennard then Lenny is the natural shortening.

Leo sounds like it's short for Leonardo or Leo-nard (pronounced like this in other languages)

Not keen on Lenny. PP sums it up with Spivvy.

Leo is good, though. And I think it's fine as a shortening for Leonard.

I like it for a girl but it has Of Mice And Men vibes for me.

Prefer Leo as a short form of Leonard

Awful, Leo is much nicer!

My 4 week old son is called Leonard and we call him Lenny 💙💙 so I love it!
He could have been Leo or Lenny but he is definitely a Lenny! I think Leonard can be a professional name for when he is older!

Leonard is super. Love it. Would not shorten, or would use Leo or Len because I agree that Lenny, cute for a baby, is a bit spivvy for an older boy/man.

Lenny does make me think "of mice and men" first.
It was a core English text when I was at school and every other year read it.

Love it! One of our name choices as just Lenny but we had a girl

Lenny's fine as a nn. It really depends on whether you prefer a retro nn like Lenny (when you already have vintage style name in Leonard), or whether you mind a more popular name like Leo. Lenny would probably be more instinctual though since most English speakers say Leonard as "Lennerd".

Love it.
For me it would be an homage to Lenny Cohen !

I think most younger kids will think of Lenny from the Simpsons before they think of the Steinbeck novel, so I wouldn't worry about that too much (I'm not sure whether it is still a core text for older kids?)

I have a Leonard, known as Leo. That was my condition of calling him Leonard, some of his paternal family call him Lenny and I hate it, but he's of an age where he corrects them or just ignores them now. It's a family name which is why I went with it.

I’d go with Leopold/Leo personally.
But I don’t dislike Lenny. I know quite a few boys and dogs called Leo, so Lenny would certainly be a more unusual choice around here.

I have a lenny, hes 22 now, he really suits his name, people commented on his name in a positive way and say how they never thought of it as a first name, I absolutely love it

I know 2 young Lenny's aged 3 and 4. I like it, I also like Leo

Who pronounces Leonard Leo-nard?

I know a German Leonard who pronounces his name as Leo-nard. I assumed that's how it's pronounced.

Do you pronounce Leopold as Leppold ?

@VanillaIce

Who pronounces Leonard Leo-nard?

It's Leo-nard in other countries.

As other posters have said, all I can think of is Of Mice & Men!