Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 Vanderlei
/van · der · LAY/
Meaning
“Unknown”
Brazilian Portuguese masculine name combining Vander (a Dutch-origin prefix meaning 'of the') with lei; an entirely Brazilian construction with no Dutch equivalent.
Nicknames
vander
Vibe
strongelegant
How it ages.
Distinctly and proudly Brazilian; mid-century feel but stable within its community.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1950s through the 1980s.