Lennox (given name)
Lennox or Lenox is the given name of:
People
Lennox
- Lennox Alves, Guyanese cricketer
- Lennox Berkeley, British composer
- Lennox Blackmoore, Guyanese boxer
- Lennox Broster, South African surgeon
- Lennox Cato, British antiques dealer
- Lennox Clarke, English professional boxer
- Lennox Cowie, British astronomer
- Lennox Gordon, American football player
- Lennox Grafton, one of the first women to be trained as an architect in Canada
- Lennox Lagu, South African general
- Lennox Lewis, British boxer
- Lennox Miller, Jamaican athlete
- Lennox Mohammed, Trinidadian musician
- Lennox Napier, British Army officer
- Lennox Pawle, British actor
- Lennox Raphael, Trinidadian writer
- Lennox Robinson, Irish writer
- Lennox Sebe, South African politician
- Lennox Sharpe, Trinidadian musician
- Lennox Yearwood, American activist
Lenox
- Lenox Baker, American orthopedic surgeon and athletic trainer
- Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant
- Lenox Paul, English bobsledder
- Lenox Shuman, Guyanese politician
Origin
The name Lennox 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