Lennart
Meaning and origin
From a Middle Low German equivalent of modern German Leonhard and English Leonard. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1549.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lennart (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lennart has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 32,548 |
| 2000 | 32,465 |
| 2001 | 32,285 |
| 2002 | 32,074 |
| 2003 | 32,038 |
| 2004 | 31,801 |
| 2005 | 31,314 |
| 2006 | 31,017 |
| 2007 | 30,554 |
| 2008 | 30,165 |
| 2009 | 29,615 |
| 2010 | 29,025 |
| 2011 | 28,437 |
| 2012 | 27,847 |
| 2013 | 27,275 |
| 2014 | 26,703 |
| 2015 | 26,082 |
| 2016 | 25,434 |
| 2017 | 24,837 |
| 2018 | 24,217 |
| 2019 | 23,616 |
| 2020 | 22,976 |
Lennart in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lennart.Hi! My name is Lennart.
- Lennart ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Lennart called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Lennart har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lennart has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Lennarts mamma är lärare.Lennart's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lennarts mamma is Lennart's mum.
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Questions about Lennart
How do you pronounce Lennart in Swedish?
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What does the name Lennart mean?
From a Middle Low German equivalent of modern German Leonhard and English Leonard. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1549.
How popular is Lennart in Sweden?
2 babies were named Lennart in 2022. In 2020, 22,976 people in Sweden had Lennart as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.