All over the world, لينى (Leni 
, Lennie , لينى 
) is a common predominantly feminine, but very seldom male first name. The first name لينى is characteristic of Indonesia, where it is quite a common primarily female, but scarcely male name, Brazil, where it is quite a common female name, and Philippines. Very seldom, لينى is the last name as well as the forename.
لينى is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Lennie Briscoe , the Law & Order character; Leni Milchstraße , character in Sakura Wars: The Movie; Leni , the operatic character in the opera The Trial by Philip Glass; Lennie Small , the operatic character in the opera Of Mice and Men by Carlisle Floyd and Leni , the operatic character in the opera Der Prozeß by Gottfried von Einem.