Lenni Sophia or Lenni Olivia

[hollie29x]

Which do you prefer?

Lenni Sophia

Or

Lenni Olivia

Yeah Lenni isn't great unless you have some family reason for calling her that. I would go with a more traditional version then use lenni as a nickname. Or go for Lene or Lena.

I like Lenni very much, it's quirky and quite a feisty sort of name, though I prefer Leni as a spelling but thats just my personal taste. I’d be inclined to use a longer name like Helena and have Lenni/Leni as a nickname but that’s because I’m old fashioned like that 😆

Lenni Olivia is my slight preference but that’s because I don’t much like the name Sophia (again, my personal taste!). They both roll nicely off the tongue though.

Don’t let the gripers get you down, OP!

The comments you've received are the exact reason I never told anyone my babies names until they were born people are so negative, I prefer Lenni Sophia out of your choices & also think Lenni is really cute but would spell it Lennie myself.

I don't think Lenni goes with either.

Lenni is nice but more feminine when spelled Leni ? Like Heidi Klums daughter?

Leni Sophia is nice

Lenii Sophia

I never asked for opinions on wether anyone liked the name Lenni as our minds are already made up, why someone would take the time to tell me it's 'awful' etc I really don't know.

Trying to be helpful? Calling your daughter a man's name is out there and the number of responses telling you that should hopefully make you think again about your choice.

Sophia Olivia

I don't really like Lenni

@nocoolnamesleft

Lennie immediately makes me think about Of Mice and Men, and the mentally disabled field hand who killed a woman, and then was shot by his friend, before he could be killed by the lynch mob.

Why no spoiler alert?

Trying to be helpful? Calling your daughter a man's name is out there and the number of responses telling you that should hopefully make you think again about your choice.

I don't think your responses are helpful. The op has already decided on Lenni. Thankfully we all have different tastes - makes life more interesting!

I vote Lenni Sophia.

Lenni is awful. Either Sophia or Olivia are so much nicer.

Op, I think you should ignore the posters who are clearly ignoring the fact that you've already chosen your DD's name. Or perhaps get the thread deleted?

Lennie is a Scottish surname and a boys name so this choice would cause some confusion even if you swapped the order around.

I actually really like Lenni but would you consider Leni as it looks a little more feminine and is more of a ‘recognised’ girls name? I think Leni Sophia is lovely and the names balance each other out.
Leni/Lenni won’t stand out as unisex names are much more popular now! I know girls called Stevie, Andi, Noa (aware this is a girls name but said aloud sounds like the masculine version) Rae…the list goes on!

Sophia and Olivia are beautiful. Lenni is a great name for a lioness......

Surely better to know that most people will hear lenni and think " bloke from mice and men" than to discover it once your baby is actually hee?

I couldn't care less if people think of Lennie from 'of mice and men' ; my brother is disabled, does that mean his name can't be used either for any of my children? I can't be the only one that thinks you are utterly disgusting for even suggesting a name can't be used because a book has used it on a disabled character.

Whole site is full of horrible twisted vile human beings that sit being a keyboard and give their opinions where they aren't needed.

I would rather use an 'awful' name than be an awful person which many of you clearly are!

@hollie29x I love them both actually 😊 both work really well with Lenni 😊

Bet your glad you asked about names with all these responses you’ve got OP I love Lenni! Personally I would spell it Lennie - I have a thing about how names feel to write and names ending in an “i” always feel unnatural for me to write 🙈 (I’m strange, I know) 🤣 I think the “e” makes it feel more finished (if that’s even a thing 🤣)
And I don’t think it’s a “boys” name at all 🤔 and even it were traditionally a boys name - as are Freddy, Jamie, Charlie & Cameron but I know girls with all those names 🤷🏻‍♀️😊

It was the very obviously male aspect....but if that is where your brain goes....

[quote BDavis]@hollie29x I love them both actually 😊 both work really well with Lenni 😊

Bet your glad you asked about names with all these responses you’ve got OP I love Lenni! Personally I would spell it Lennie - I have a thing about how names feel to write and names ending in an “i” always feel unnatural for me to write 🙈 (I’m strange, I know) 🤣 I think the “e” makes it feel more finished (if that’s even a thing 🤣)
And I don’t think it’s a “boys” name at all 🤔 and even it were traditionally a boys name - as are Freddy, Jamie, Charlie & Cameron but I know girls with all those names 🤷🏻‍♀️😊[/quote]
Of course it’s a male name. It’s traditionally short for Leonard. I feel sorry for a girl named Lennie or Freddie etc. Why don’t their parents think a female name is good enough? It’s entrenched misogyny tbh.

@hollie29x

I couldn't care less if people think of Lennie from 'of mice and men' ; my brother is disabled, does that mean his name can't be used either for any of my children? I can't be the only one that thinks you are utterly disgusting for even suggesting a name can't be used because a book has used it on a disabled character.

Whole site is full of horrible twisted vile human beings that sit being a keyboard and give their opinions where they aren't needed.

I would rather use an 'awful' name than be an awful person which many of you clearly are!

It’s the tragedy and masculinity that would put me off not the disability… I don’t think you should name your daughter Macbeth either.

I don't like Lenni but Sophia sounds better with it to me.

Leni isn't "awful" at all imo - it's a pretty and internationally well known girls name (currently very popular in Germany and Austria). Leni Sophia looks and sounds lovely. My slight concern would be the Lenni spelling, as I think in the UK she could have people seeing only her first name and surname and thinking it's a miswritten Lennie - a rapidly rising boys name along with Lenny. But I suppose there are plenty of others who have unisex names or spellings with no big issues.

Why don’t their parents think a female name is good enough?

@PattyPan that’s absolute nonsense in my opinion! But it’s your opinion and your entitled to it. On the off-chance that OPs daughter grows up and feels her name is too masculine a name then she’ll be able to go by her middle name which plenty of people do 🤷🏻‍♀️

Going against the grain, I quite like Lenni. I would spell it Leni though. My niece is an Elenor who gets called Leni for short. Lennie autocorrected to Lenin for me.