Lenín

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Lenín is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ecuador than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin).

rarermore common
  • ECEcuador1 in 861(measured from records)
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 1.9K
  • PEPeru≈1 in 3.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ecuador (measured from records)

19,643 people, 2024

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
205 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 861 (inferred from the name graph)

Ecuador

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

LenínLatin(measured from records)
레닌Hangul(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Lenin in PE Peru, EC Ecuador, VE Venezuela and 3 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin).

Sources 5

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
  • Wiktionary
  • Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
  • Dictionar Onomastic Rominesc

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Lenín counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Lenín is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EC Ecuador#18419,6431 in 86120KLenin72
PE Peru#511≈9,900 est.≈1 in 3.2K—Lenin75
VE Venezuela#5645,2221 in 5.5K5.2KLenin51
NI Nicaragua#103≈3,300 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Lenin36
US United States—2,8881 in 115K2.8KLenin205
HN Honduras#155≈2,500 est.≈1 in 3.7K—Lenin30

19,643 people counted by INEC — civil registry names, 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INEC — civil registry names; asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Lenín is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, India, Philippines

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Lenin, L̳̿e̳̿n̳̿i̳̿n̳̿, Lênin, Léńíń

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Lênin, Lenin

  • Czech given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, United States, Peru

    Also written Lenin, Lënîn, Ĺěňîň, Lěnĭn, Lênin

  • Russian surname20 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Peru, Spain

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Ленино, Лёнин, Ленин, Ленін, Lenin

  • French given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Peru, Spain, Ecuador

    Also written Lenin, Lënïn, Lènin, Lêńîń, Lénin

  • Hindi given name15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, Peru, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Lenin, লেনিন, Lenina, Lennin, Lēñiñ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Lenin

2 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19501960197019801990Lenín Moreno, b. 1953Lenin Checco Chauca, b. 1979Lenin Bazán Villanueva, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Lenín mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Russian Ле́нин (Lénin). Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles and 3 other sources.
In which country does Lenín have the most bearers?
In Ecuador, the national register counted about 20 thousand people named Lenín, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled lenin.
Where is Lenín most common?
Lenín is densest in Ecuador, where the national register counts about 1 in 861 people carrying it.
Is Lenín a male or female name?
Lenín is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
How common is the name Lenín?
In Ecuador, the national register counted 19,643 people named Lenín in 2024, about 1 in 861 residents.
How common is Lenín compared with other names?
In Ecuador, Lenín is the 184th most common given name of 27,061 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Lenín” — the 184th most common given name in Ecuador. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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