Baby name
RISING
🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇬🇷 Leander
/lee · AN · der/
Meaning
“Lion-man”
From Greek Leandros meaning 'lion-man', famous in mythology as the youth who swam the Hellespont nightly to visit Hero; a name with genuine romantic heroic weight.
Nicknames
lea · leo
Vibe
strong
How it ages.
Quietly distinguished; rare enough to feel special, classical enough to age without dating.
The cultural moment.
Slowly rising in Germany and the Netherlands since around 2010; a niche but growing choice.