Lonnie
English
Etymology
Diminutive + -ie.
Proper noun
Lonnie
- (US) A pet form of the male given name Alonzo.
- A diminutive of the male given name Lon.
- 2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, pages 15–16:
- 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.