August 18
Why this day? Leni is a short form of Elena, and shares its name day.
Leni is celebrated in France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Argentina and Germany on August 18; the United States on July 17.
Leni is a short form of Elena. It keeps its origin (Greek) and meaning — torch, the radiant one, and shares its name day, August 18.
On birth records, Leni is rarely written as such: the Lenis are Elenas (161,702 births). For the name's history, year-by-year popularity and famous bearers, read the Elena page. Leni is also a short form of Belen, Helena, Marlene.
Leni is a short form of Elena, which means torch, the radiant one.
August 18, together with Elena: a short form shares the name day of the name it comes from.
It is a familiar short form. It does not appear as such in birth records, where you find Elena.
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