Lenox: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Lenox is a spelling of the Scottish surname Lennox. The family name meaning is “From the Lennox district”, the same as for Lennox.

Heraldry and the Lenox name

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Lennox surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon.

How the spelling arose

Lenox drops the “n” of Lennox, a shortening that clerks often made. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Lennix.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Lenox with 3,019 bearers, at rank 10,607. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames. Want more than a summary? See the Lenox family name pack.