# Leander (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/leander/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “people”, “man” |
| Pronunciation | /liˈændɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,956 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,928 / 28 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 208, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Leander, from Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λεώς (leṓs) (Attic form of λᾱός (lāós, “people”)) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ος (-os).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 5,195 |
| 1959 | 5 | 6,781 |
| 1976 | 7 | 7,744 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,657 |
| 1979 | 6 | 9,615 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 2,494 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,252 |
| 2013 | 61 | 2,174 |
| 2014 | 69 | 2,052 |
| 2015 | 75 | 1,944 |
| 2016 | 84 | 1,806 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,147 |
| 2018 | 65 | 2,157 |
| 2019 | 88 | 1,770 |
| 2020 | 90 | 1,728 |
| 2021 | 89 | 1,788 |
| 2022 | 113 | 1,570 |
| 2023 | 117 | 1,513 |
| 2024 | 94 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 122 | 1,463 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 2,629 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Леандър
- Catalan: Leandre
- French: Leándre
- Greek: Λέανδρος
- Hungarian: Leandrosz
- Italian: Leandro
- Japanese: レアンドロ
- Portuguese: Leandro
- Russian: Леа́ндрос
- Spanish: Leandro

## People named Leander

- Leander Dendoncker, Belgian association football player (born 1995)
- Leander of Seville, bishop of Seville
- Leander Czerny, Austrian entomologist (1859-1944)
- Leander Haußmann, German film director

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.