Baby name

RISING GIRL · GERMAN
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Leni

/LAY · nee/


“Controversially”

German pet form of Helene or Magdalene, now used as a full given name; famously borne (controversially) by filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, now being reclaimed.

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playful

How it ages.

Surging in Germany; fresh, warm, and short in the way that German parents currently love.

The cultural moment.

One of the fastest-rising names in Germany from 2015 onward; top 20 by the early 2020s.