Leni (name)

Leni is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Male and female:

• Leni Alexander (1924–2005), Chilean composer
• Leni Apisai (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union player
• Leni Björklund (born 1944), Swedish politician
• Leni Harper (born 1954), Scottish actress
• Leni Junker (1905–1997), German runner
• Leni Kokkes-Hanepen (born 1934), Dutch fencer
• Leni Larsen Kaurin (born 1981), Norwegian footballer
• Leni Lohmar (1914–2006), German swimmer
• Leni Lynn (1923–2010), American actress
• Leni Parker (born 1966), Canadian actress
• Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), German director
• Leni Robredo (born 1965), 14th Vice President of the Philippines and founder of the Angat Buhay non-government organization
• Leni Schmidt (1906–1985), German athlete
• Leni Shida (born 1994), Ugandan sprinter
• Leni Sinclair (born 1940), American photographer
• Leni Stengel (1901–1982), American actress
• Leni Stern (born 1952), German musician
• Leni Yahil (1912–2007), Israeli historian
• Leni Zumas, American novelist
• Tamaseu Leni Warren, Samoan swimmer

Surname

• Nollen Cornelius Leni, Solomon Islander politician
• Paul Leni (1885–1929), German director

Fictional

• Leni Loud, a recurring character in the American animated series, The Loud House in which she is the second eldest daughter and sister of narrator Lincoln Loud.
• Leni McClearly, identical twin sister of Gina McClearly in the 2022 Netflix miniseries Echoes