Lenus: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Lenus – Origin: Gaulish – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: LEE-nuhs


Lenus is a Gaulish boy's name. It appears in our list of 175+ Celtic Mythology Baby Names — Wild, Poetic, and Wonderfully Untamed.

Meaning & Origin of Lenus

Origin: Gaulish.

A common claim: sometimes speculatively glossed as "wooden one" Actually: "Wooden one" is a speculative guess, not an established etymology.

How to Pronounce Lenus

Phonetic: LEE-nuhs   IPA: /ˈliːnəs/

Popularity of Lenus

Lenus doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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