Leander

Where Leander comes from

From Latin Leander, from Ancient Greek Λέανδρος (Léandros), from λεώς (leṓs) (Attic form of λᾱός (lāós, “people”)) + ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + -ος (-os).
— Wiktionary's entry for Leander
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #425 among boys — 17 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1882
    Peak, #324
    28 babies named Leander — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #679.
  4. 1973
    Leander Paes born
    Indian tennis player
  5. 1995
    Leander Dendoncker born
    Belgian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
Namesakes
  • Leander Paes · Indian tennis player, born 1973
  • Leander Dendoncker · Belgian association football player, born 1995
  • Leander of Seville · bishop of Seville, 534–600
  • Leander Starr Jameson · Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, 1853–1917
  • Leander Engström · Swedish architect and painter, 1886–1927

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.