Lonnie

L1O1N1N1I1E1

proper noun

A pet form of the male given name Alonzo.

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Meanings

proper noun
  1. USA pet form of the male given name Alonzo.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Lon.

    But the person I spied on the most was my father, Lon—or, as he was called in the Southern style, Lonnie—who'd commandeer the den into the wee hours.

    2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, pages 15–16

Origin

Diminutive + -ie.

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APA

Lonnie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lonnie

MLA

“Lonnie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lonnie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Lonnie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Lonnie.

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