Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Leandros is a variant of Leander. An origin associated with Leander is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2008. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Leandros 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
Leandros through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 58 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,451 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,451 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Leandros’s family of names
In German usage, Leandros has a related form in Leander.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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