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Lonnie

Boy · American pet form

Lonnie

Say it: LON-ee

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Meaning

An American pet form, probably of Alonzo or Lawrence.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Used in the US from the 1880s, especially in the South.

Its wave through time

Fading since the 1940s

In the United States

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  • 100,909 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1948, about 1 in 860 boys
  • 107 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
  2. The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

AmericanAfrican American

Famous bearers

  • Lonnie Johnson, American blues musician

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Where this comes from

  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
  • National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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