Thoughts on Lennard / Leonard as a name?

[PlumPudd]

DW and I are having hypothetical discussions about what to name the next baby if it’s a boy (too early to know yet). I really like Lennard / Leonard, with either Len or Lenny as a nickname. To me it feels literary, unusual and distinguished with no risk of having a sudden surge in popularity and becoming the new Arlo / Milo. She’s not keen. Feels it’s a bit old fashioned in a grandpa who worked down the pit with a flat cap and a bag of chips for tea way (we both had grandpas that came from this kind of background so we can make these jokes).

Says she’s going to sit with it and see if it grows on her.

Wondering what other people’s associations are with it, given that hers and mine are quite different?

She’ll be Stella or Sylvia if a girl

because a 'Leonard' would be pronounced approximately Layo-naaahd

Yes, exactly. Like Leonardo (without the o)

Leonard reminds me of the Big Bang Theory. Particularly Sheldon whining his name all the time.
Lenny - first thing that came to mind was Of Mice and Men.
I like Stella because it always makes me think of a Streetcar Named Desire. I would love to be able to call out Stelllaaaaa!!! whenever it was time for dinner or whatever.

It isn't a so unusual, is it? I know at least three young boys called Leonard, but I all called Leo.

See if I was going to call my kid Leo and wanted it to be a nickname for something longer, I'd go for Leopold, cause it's always pronounced with Leo at the beginning (unless there are Leppalds out there?) Leonard to Leo doesn't work quite as well for me.