Lonnie
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Of uncertain origin, possibly an Anglicized or pet form of the Spanish name Alonso or a variant of }Lenny
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈɫɔni/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Lonnie is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- IEIreland≈1 in 3.7K(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 4.6K
- USUnited States1 in 6.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 477 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.7K (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Ireland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Of uncertain origin, possibly an Anglicized or pet form of the Spanish name Alonso or a variant of }Lenny. It is chiefly associated in Britain with the skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan, famous in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lonnie, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Lonnie counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 5.2K | — | Lonnie | 11 |
| US United States | #573 | 51,396 | 1 in 6.5K | 48K | Lonnie | 477 |
| MM Myanmar (Burma) | — | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Lonnie | 5 |
| GB United Kingdom | #762 | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 7.6K | 3 | Lonnie | 89 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 8.4K | — | Lonnie | 17 |
| IE Ireland | #310 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.7K | — | Lonnie | 10 |
| SG Singapore | #431 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.6K | — | Lonnie | 6 |
| DK Denmark | — | 990 | 1 in 5.9K | 990 | — | 2 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Lonnie is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A pet form of the male given name Alonzo.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
English: of uncertain origin, possibly an Anglicized or pet form of the Spanish name ALONSO , but just as likely a variant of LENNY . It is chiefly associated in Britain with the skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan, famous in the 1950s and 1960s.
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Lonnie Johnsonb. 1899USAmerican blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter (1899–1970)
- Mel Tillisb. 1932USnot in their usual nameAmerican country music singer and musician (1932-2017)
- Lonnie Zamorab. 1933USpolice officer (1933–2009)
- Lonnie Simmonsb. 1944USAmerican songwriter, record producer, music executive (1944-2019)
- Lonnie Thompsonb. 1948USAmerican paleoclimatologist
- Lonnie Bunchb. 1952UShistorian, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
- Lonnie Sheltonb. 1955USAmerican basketball player (1955-2018)
- Lonnie Bradleyb. 1968USAmerican boxer
- Commonb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and actor (born 1972)
- Lonnie Walker IVb. 1998USAmerican basketball player (born 1998)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 19 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 48K | #880 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3.3K | #880 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1947 | 2.1K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1957 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1948 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1949 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1956 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1950 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1954 | 2K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1951 | 1.9K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1953 | 1.9K | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1952 | 1.9K | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Lonnie?
- In the etymology graph, Alfonso, Afonso and Alphonse are forms of the same name in other languages.
- What does the name Lonnie mean, and where does it come from?
- Of uncertain origin, possibly an Anglicized or pet form of the Spanish name Alonso or a variant of }Lenny. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Lonnie a male or female name?
- Lonnie is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How do you pronounce Lonnie?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɫɔni/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Lonnie have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 267 thousand people named Lonnie in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lonnie.
- How common is the name Lonnie?
- In the United States, the national register counted 51,396 people named Lonnie in 2020, about 1 in 6.5 thousand residents.
- How common is Lonnie compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Lonnie is the 310th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Lonnie?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/lonnieThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lonnie” — the 310th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.