Lennon
Where Lennon comes from
From Irish Ó Leannáin (“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”) and from Ó Lonáin (“descendant of Blackbird (Lonán)”).
- From a surname
- 2 syllables
Along the way
- 1976Lennon Parham bornAmerican actress
- 1981First appearance#9,110 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1999Lennon Stella bornCanadian singer and actress
- 2014Mostly girls from hereUntil now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
- 2025Peak, #2141,421 babies named Lennon — more than any year before or since.
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.