Lennox

Lennox: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“elm grove”
Origin
Scottish Gaelic
Say it
LEN-uks · 2 syllables
Used for
Both (28% girls, 72% boys since 1880)

From a Scottish surname derived from the district name Lennox, from Gaelic leamhnachd, referring to a place of elms. As a first name it is transferred from the surname.

How popular is Lennox?

2024520 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Lennox in 20241,732

2024 rank#264 boys

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188018,172

Lennox is rising: use over the last five years is 4.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Lennox

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Lenoxelm grove · Scottish Gaelic
  • Finleyfair-haired hero · Scottish Gaelic
  • Blairplain; field · Scottish Gaelic
  • Lesliegarden of holly · Scottish Gaelic
  • Monroemouth of the Roe River · Scottish Gaelic
  • Campbellcrooked mouth · Scottish Gaelic
  • Finnleyfair-haired hero · Scottish Gaelic
  • Mckinleyson of Fionnlaoch · Scottish Gaelic

Lennox questions

What does the name Lennox mean?

Lennox means "elm grove". It comes from Scottish Gaelic. From a Scottish surname derived from the district name Lennox, from Gaelic leamhnachd, referring to a place of elms. As a first name it is transferred from the surname.

Is Lennox a boy or girl name?

Lennox is used for both: about 28% of US babies named Lennox since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Lennox?

1,732 US babies were named Lennox in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Lennox?

Lennox is usually pronounced LEN-uks.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.