Help please!

[Livvysmumhasgotitgoingon]

We have sort of settled on a name (not 100% but it's a top contender) for baby girl. We love Lenny/Lennie/Lenni but unsure about spelling. Would love opinions on nicest spelling of this name for a girl and also middle name suggestions that might go nicely with this? So far we're thinking Lenny Jean, Lenny Violet or Lenny Rey? Thank you in advance!

Lennie is the prettiest spelling to me. (I like it best as short for Helena). I like Lennie Violet ☺️
Or do you like

Lennie Eliza
Lennie Matilda
Lennie Olivia
Lennie Kate
Lennie Jade
Lennie Maeve

Lennie is my favourite of the variants listed, although personally I prefer Leni (one n).

Violet as middle name is nice. Some other suggestions:

Noelle
Simone
Amelia
Piper
Joy
Faye
Pearl
Margot
Aubrey

I like Lennie spelling the best

I also like Lennie Violet
Lennie Eloise
Lennie Gwen
Lennie Frances
Lennie Paola
Lennie Juliet
Lennie Alice
Lennie Sabine
Lennie Val
Lennie Gisela
Lennie Cecile
Lennie Mabel

Lennie Kate my partner suggested as Kate is actually my name but I wasn't sure if it was conceited to give my child my name for her middle name? 😂

So the German diminutive is spelt Leni. I'd keep it simple and go with that.

Ha ha, why not?! I think it’s lovely ☺️

The Leni spelling is lovely! Leni Jean is my favourite of your list.

I would assume Leni was pronounced Layni, I think Lennie is much more obvious how to pronounce. Lennie Kate is lovely.

I have known 2 people called Lenny, both male One was DGF and it was short for Leonard and the other is a teen and it's his actual name, not a diminutive version.
How about Eleanor or Eleanora?

This was my thinking, Leni is a beautiful spelling but we feel the double nn in Lenny/Lennie makes the short e sound more obvious. We were also worried about one n making people stretch the e to make it and ee or ay sound

To be honest to me this is a male name because they're all diminutives of Leonard, unless it's spelt Leni which is a legitimate separate name. I think you're going to have issues regardless because people are going to assume male, or need to get the pronunciation right, so depends which one you think would be less hassle for her.

Leni Violet is my favourite combination, very pretty.

I agree with Leni spelling it's more feminine, I also like Eleni

Lenny and Lennie I'd assume male with those spellings

Why are you giving your dd a boy's name? At least give her a girl's name and shorten it. Helen or Eleanor for example.

I like it spelled Leni. Maybe Lennie.

Leni Maeve
Leni Willow
Leni Hazel
Leni Joy
Leni Beatrix
Leni Pearl
Leni Sophia
Leni Matilda
Leni Marigold
Leni Juno
Leni Juniper
Leni Margot
Leni Josephine

I think Leni looks the most feminine although my phone auto corrected it to Lenin.

How about Leonora then shorten so she has choices.

Leonora Kate sounds nice.

Love Leonora nn Leni

I love it spelt Leni. Personally, I’d use Eleanor or Helen(a) as the “official” name but introduce her as Leni from the start. I know lots of people don’t see the point in this kind of thing though!

Leni Jean is my favourite. ❤️

So my partner is Greek and it's a gender neutral name where he's from and I quite like the sound of it for a girl anyway. Just our personal preference 😊

@Livvysmumhasgotitgoingon Eleni is right there if your OH is Greek. Makes far more sense than Lennie in that context.

Oooh, in that case I change my opinion - Eleni (Leni) works perfectly!

Leni Violet is my favourite .

Leni Jean is cool too.

Suggestions

Leni Margot
Leni Juliet
Leni Alexandra
Leni Katherine

Lennie Eliza is a great compromise.

I don't understand Lenny/Lennie/Lenni for a name, girl or boy. I know they could be a nn for Leonard, (e.g. Lenny Bruce), so I don't understand why you'd choose a nn as a girl's name. Yes, there's also Leni Riefenstal, but that's a nn for Helene.

The problem with giving a name that is a diminutive of a different name is that your child will be a grown up one day. And a cutesy little girl's name will not be as cute on a grow up woman.

Why not give her a name that works for an adult - say Helena (a very Greek name just as well) - and use Lenni as the name she goes by as a child.
At least she'll have a choice as a grown up which name to use.

I prefer Leni, as a nick name for Lenore or Eleni.
I like ..
Lenore Kate
Lenore Iris
Lenore Victoria
Lenore Phoebe
Eleni Kathleen
Eleni Rosa
Eleni Louise
Elena Jean