Lennox (given name)

Lennox or Lenox is the given name of:

People

Lennox

• Lennox Alves (born 1956), Guyanese cricketer
• Lennox Berkeley (1903–1989), British composer
• Lennox Blackmoore (born 1950), Guyanese boxer
• Lennox Broster (1889–1965), South African surgeon
• Lennox Cato (born 1961), British antiques dealer
• Lennox Clarke (born 1991), English professional boxer
• Lennox Cowie (born 1950), British astronomer
• Lennox Gordon (born 1978), American football player
• Lennox Grafton (1919–2017), one of the first women to be trained as an architect in Canada
• Lennox Lagu (1938–2011), South African general
• Lennox Lewis (born 1965), British boxer
• Lennox Miller (1946–2004), Jamaican athlete
• Lennox Mohammed, Trinidadian musician
• Lennox Napier (1928–2020), British Army officer
• Lennox Pawle (1872–1936), British actor
• Lennox Raphael (born 1939), Trinidadian writer
• Lennox Robinson (1886–1958), Irish writer
• Lennox Sebe (1926–1994), South African politician
• Lennox Sharpe (born 1953), Trinidadian musician
• Lennox Yearwood (born 1969), American activist

Lenox

• Lenox Baker (1902–1995), American orthopedic surgeon and athletic trainer
• Lenox Hewitt (1917–2020), Australian public servant
• Lenox Paul (born 1958), English bobsledder
• Lenox Shuman (born 1973), Guyanese politician

Origin

The name Lennox (alternatively Lenox) comes from Scotland, originating from Scottish words "len", used colloquially to mean to lean in or attempt, paired with "nox", a clipped negative. Put together, "len nox" meant "doesn't lean in". The phrase was used to describe a man who usually failed to make advances on the womenfolk of the village, or as a way of describing awkward traits.

Fictional characters

• Lennox (Legends of Chima), a character in Legends of Chima
• Lennox Elizabeth Scanlon, a teenage girl character from the TV show Melissa & Joey , played by Taylor Spreitler

See also

• Lennox (surname)