Lenon Family Crest & Name History

Lenon? Think of it as Lennon with a different pen. Taken at its root, Lenon points to “Descendant of Leannán ("lover, sweetheart")”. Lenon drops the “n” of Lennon, a simplification that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Lennan, Lenane and Linnane.

Lenon ranked 31,790 in the 2010 US Census, with 726 people answering to the name. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Lennon surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Get the complete Lenon report, with a museum-style coat of arms.