Lennart

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Lennart is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name356 records spelled Lennart5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Latvia, Russia, Sweden, Netherlands

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Леннарт

53 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.

Other recorded senses●

Lennart is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Finnish, a Swedish and, rarely, Finnish male given name

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

• In German, männl. Vom., schwedische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Scandinavian form of LEONARD . Pet forms: Lenne, Lelle .

  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.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 59 years between 1946–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Lennart Torstenssonb. 1603SESwedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General (1603-1651)
• Lennart Bernadotteb. 1909SESwedish prince (1909–2004)
• Lennart Hellsingb. 1919SESwedish children's book writer and poet (1919–2015)
• Lennart Strandb. 1921SEathletics competitor (1921-2004)
• Lennart Nilssonb. 1922SESwedish photographer (1922–2017)
• Lennart Carlesonb. 1928SESwedish mathematician
• Lennart Merib. 1929EEEstonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001 (1929-2006)
• Lennart Johanssonb. 1929SEindustrialist, Swedish football administrator, president of UEFA (1990 - 2007)
• Lennart Thyb. 1992DEGerman footballer
• Lennart Karlb. 2008DEGerman association football player

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 350 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Lennart?

We estimate roughly 105 thousand people bear Lennart (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Lennart have the most bearers?

We estimate about 97 thousand people bear Lennart in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled lennart.

Where is Lennart most common?

Lennart is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 106 people carrying it.

How common is Lennart compared with other names?

In Benin, Lennart is the 108th most common given name of 1,808 given names recorded there.

Is Lennart a male or female name?

Lennart 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.

What does the name Lennart mean?

Recorded meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Leonard