Lennon

Where Lennon comes from

From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Lennon
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
Lennon through the years
  1. 1976
    Lennon Parham born
    American actress
  2. 1981
    First appearance
    #9,110 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1999
    Lennon Stella born
    Canadian singer and actress
  4. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  5. 2025
    Peak, #214
    1,421 babies named Lennon, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Lennon Stella · Canadian singer and actress, born 1999
  • Lennon Parham · American actress, born 1976
  • Lennon Murphy · American singer, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.