Baby name Leni

[Joy1990]

Hi what are people’s thoughts on the baby name Leni? I love it but pronounced Lay-nee but I’m worried she would get called Lennie all the time? What would most of you see this name as?

I'd pronounce it Lenny.

If you want Laney, then spell it that way.

This is so strange! My little girl is called Leni ( Leni-Rose full Sunday name haha) and she just turned 1 on the 20th of May, which is the day you posted! I was looking up her name popularity and came across this!

To answer your question though her name is the pronunciation ‘Lenny’ but we adore it and get so many compliments on her name x

The pronunciation Lay-ne would never have occurred to me I'm afraid. I'd have assumed Lenny.

I’d say Lenny on first look. I know that in Europe/Scandinavia it would be pronounced in some lovely way I can’t guess at.

As a Brit if I wanted it elongated I’d spell it Laney.

Yeah. My first thought was Leni Riefenstahl but I don’t think most people would make that connection. The only reason I did was that I happen to have an inexplicable fascination with documentaries about mountaineering.