Name meaning & stats
Leander
Leander (Ancient Greek origin). 4,616 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Ancient Greek
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
4,616 US babies were named Leander between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Leander (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 73% of the family
- Leander 73%
- Leandre 27%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)