Lenny (given name) explained
Lenny or Lennie is a given name, often a nickname for Leonard, and may refer to:
People
In sports
- Leonard Lenny Dykstra (born 1963), American former Major League Baseball player
- Lenny Fernandes Coelho (born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Leonard Lennie Friedman (born 1976), American former National Football League player
- Lenny Hayes (born 1980), former Australian rules footballer
- Leonid Lenny Krayzelburg (born 1975), Ukrainian-born American swimmer, four-time Olympic gold medalist
- Jan Leonardus Lennie Louw (born 1959), South African-born Namibian cricketer
- Lenny Permana (born 1975), female badminton player from Australia
- Lenny Rodrigues, Indian footballer playing for FC Goa
- Lennie Rosenbluth (1933–2022), American former college basketball and National Basketball Association player
- Lenny Wilkens (born 1937), American former National Basketball Association player and coach, member of several Halls of Fame as player and coach
- Lennie Waite (born 1986), British female track and field athlete
In music
- Lenny Fontana (active from 1985), American house music DJ
- Lennie Hayton (1908-1971), American composer and conductor
- Lenny Kaye (born 1946), American musician, composer and writer, guitarist of Patti Smith Group
- Leonard Lenny Kravitz (born 1964), American rock/hard rock singer, songwriter, producer and guitarist
- Lenny Waronker (born 1941), American record label executive and producer
In film and television
- Lenny Clarke (born 1953), actor, writer, and producer
- Lenny Henry (born 1958), British stand-up comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
- Lennie James (born 1965), British actor
- Leonard Alfred Schneider Lenny Bruce (1925-1966),an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist
Other
- Leonard DiMaria (born 1941), New York mobster
- Hugh Leonard Lenny Murphy (1952-1982), psychopathic killer from Northern Ireland, member of the paramilitary Ulster Volunteer Force
- Lenny Montana (1926–1992), professional wrestler and mob enforcer turned film actor
Fictional characters
- Lenny (bot), a chat bot designed to disrupt telemarketer calls
- Lennie Small, principal character in the John Steinbeck novel, Of Mice and Men
- Lenny Kosnowski, in the television series, Laverne and Shirley
- Lenny Leonard, a recurring character in the television series, The Simpsons
- Lenny, in the animated film, Toy Story
- Lenny Feder, in the films Grown Ups and Grown Ups 2
- Lenny Parker, in the television series, Mona the Vampire
- Lenny, in the animated film, Shark Tale
- Lenny, a neopet
- Leni Loud, in the animated series, The Loud House
- Lennie Briscoe, on the television series, Law and Order
- Lenny Summers, in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2
- Lenny, a recurring character in Fanboy and Chum Chum
- Lenny, a gorilla from Jim Henson's Animal Show
