Lennon

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Lennon, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Jagger
• Sutton
• Hendrix
• Presley
• Peyton

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.

Lennon is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Argentina, Mexico, Chile

  Also written Lennón, Lênnön, Lénnon, Lénnón, Lënnön

• Danish surname6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Denmark, United Kingdom, Iceland

  Languages: Danish, Swedish, Icelandic

  Also written Lënnön

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Lennon is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, From an Irish Gaelic surname; often linked to the Gaelic for "a little cloak" or "cloak".

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• ‘descendant of Leannari, a byname meaning ‘Lover’, ‘Par¬ amour’, ‘Concubine’. 2. Anglicized form of Gael. O Lonain ‘descendant of Lonan’, a personal name from a dim. of Ion blackbird. Vars.: (0’)Len(n)an(e), (O’)Lannan, Lan(n)on, Lannen, Lannin, Linnane, Leonard. (Of 2 only): O’Lonan(e), O’Lonnan. Dims, (of 2): O’Lonagan, O’Lonegan, O’Lanegane, O’Lannegan, (O’)Lanigan, Lannigan (Gael. O Lonagain).

  as a name·A dictionary of surnames

• 1. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic 6 Leannain ‘descendant of Leanndn’, a byname meaning ‘little cloak’ (less likely, ‘sweetheart’). 2. reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic O Lonain ‘descendant of Londn’, a personal name from a diminutive of Ion ‘blackbird’.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, A surname from Irish, notably of John Lennon (1940–1980), one of the Beatles.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Lennon är ett ursprungligt efternamn, som har blivit populärt som förnamn de senaste åren i olika länder. Det är den engelska formen av iriskans Ó’Leannáin, ’ättling till Leannáin (med betydelsen ’älskling’). En känd bärare av efternamnet är Beatles’ John Lennon (1940–80).

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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.

• Cynthia Powellb. 1939GBnot in their usual nameformer wife of John Lennon (1939-2015)
• John Lennonb. 1940GBBritish musician (1940–1980)
• Thomas Lennonb. 1970USAmerican actor and screenwriter

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).

74 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 35 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Lennon mean, and where does it come from?

from Irish Gaelic Ó Leanndáin, ‘descendant of Leanndán’, a nickname meaning ‘lover’, or Ó Lonndáin, ‘descendant of Lonndán’, meaning ‘little blackbird’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].

Which countries have the most people with the surname Lennon?

In the United States, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Lennon, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lennon. After it come United Kingdom, Australia, Brazil and Ireland; the country table on this page ranks them.

How common is the name Lennon?

In the United States, the national register counted 10,720 people named Lennon in 2010, about 1 in 31 thousand residents.

How common is Lennon compared with other names?

In Ireland, Lennon is the 268th most common surname of 73,729 surnames recorded there.

How do you pronounce Lennon?

In English /ˈlɛn.ən/ (Wiktionary).