title: Leni (name)
text: # Leni (name)
  
  Leni is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
  
  ## Given name
  
  Male and female:
  
  * Leni Alexander (1924–2005), Chilean composer
  * Leni Apisai (born 1996), New Zealand rugby union player
  * Leni Björklund (born 1944), Swedish politician
  * Leni Harper (born 1954), Scottish actress
  * Leni Junker (1905–1997), German runner
  * Leni Kokkes-Hanepen (born 1934), Dutch fencer
  * Leni Larsen Kaurin (born 1981), Norwegian footballer
  * Leni Lohmar (1914–2006), German swimmer
  * Leni Lynn (1923–2010), American actress
  * Leni Parker (born 1966), Canadian actress
  * Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), German director
  * Leni Robredo (born 1965), 14th Vice President of the Philippines
  * Leni Schmidt (1906–1985), German athlete
  * Leni Shida (born 1994), Ugandan sprinter
  * Leni Sinclair (born 1940), American photographer
  * Leni Stengel (1901–1982), American actress
  * Leni Stern (born 1952), German musician
  * Leni Yahil (1912–2007), Israeli historian
  * Leni Zumas, American novelist
  * Tamaseu Leni Warren, Samoan swimmer
  
  ## Surname
  
  * Nollen Cornelius Leni, Solomon Islander politician
  * Paul Leni (1885–1929), German director
  
  ## Fictional
  
  * Leni Loud, a character in the American animated series, The Loud House.
  * Leni McClearly, identical twin sister of Gina McClearly in the 2022 Netflix miniseries Echoes
  