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Leander

Pronounced /liˈændɚ/

Rank in 2024
#1,752
Born in 2024
94
Peak year
2023 · #1512
Origin
Ancient Greek

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 94 boys were named Leander, about 1 in every 18,248.
  • It peaked in 2023 with 117 babies, ranked #1512.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 6,802 boys have been named Leander since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Leander per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 1,372 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Silent: 945 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,102 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 809 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 599 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 665 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,005 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

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

  • A male given name from Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Leander, CC BY-SA 4.0.