Leandro

Leandro meaning

Leandro is an international and Christian boy's name of Greek origin (Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form).

Lion-man: Greek leōn, "lion", and anēr, "man"

Also used to mean: lion of a man

Leandro is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of Leander. The Online Etymology Dictionary traces it to Greek Leiandros, "lion-man", from leōn, "lion", and anēr, "man". In Greek legend Leander was the young man of Abydos who swam across the Hellespont every night to visit Hero, until he drowned. The name also belonged to Saint Leander, archbishop of Seville around the year 600, who helped bring the Visigothic king Reccared into the Catholic Church and whose brother Isidore succeeded him. It is said lee-AN-droh, or leh-AHN-droh in Spanish.

Source: Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), s.v. Leander · entry Leander · See the entry · checked 27 Oct 2026

References: Online Etymology Dictionary, Leander · Catholic Encyclopedia, Leander of Seville

Famous namesakes

• Saint Leander of Seville, sixth-century archbishop

Popularity abroad

• #406 United States, boys 2025 (up 92 from 498 in 2024)
  US Social Security Administration
• #758 England and Wales, boys 2025
  Office for National Statistics

Official birth registrations. India publishes no national name statistics.

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