Given name & surname
Leandro
“lion”·“man”
Leandro is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Leandro is built from elements meaning “lion” and “man”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Leandro is a variant of Leander. An origin associated with Leander is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος, built from Ancient Greek λέων (“lion”) + ἀνήρ (“man”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1906. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leandro is a variant of Leander. The history of Leander gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Leander is associated with Hero's lover. Leander’s historical associations include a 6th-century saint, the brother of Sts Fulgentius, Isidore, and Florentina.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Leandro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11,078
- 11,078 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 785 babies
- 2025
- 785
- #406 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +56%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 785 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 406 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 55.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (154). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,447 as a first name in 2020; 1,316 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leandro’s family of names
Leandro shares a linguistic root with Leander. In Italian usage, Leandro was borrowed from the Ancient Greek form Λέανδρος. Leandro has a related form in Leander.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Leandro has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Leandro
- Leandro ParedesArgentine footballerborn 1994
- Leandro TrossardBelgian association football player (born 1994)
- Leandro DamiãoBrazilian association football playerborn 1989
- Leandro BacunaDutch-Curaçaoan footballer (born 1991)
- Leandro BarbosaBrazilian basketball player (born 1982)
- Leandro Fernández de MoratínSpanish dramatist, translator and neoclassical poet (1760-1828)
- Leandro CastánBrazilian footballerborn 1986
- Leandro CufréArgentine association football player and managerborn 1978
- Leandro DominguesBrazilian association football player (1983–2025)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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