Given name & surname
Lisandro
“the liberator”
Lisandro is a variant of Lysander. One Greek interpretation is “the liberator.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lisandro is a variant of Lysander. One Greek interpretation is “the liberator.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lisandro is a variant of Lysander. An origin associated with Lysander is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lisandro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,416
- 2,411 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 185 babies
- 2025
- 130
- #1,404 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +98%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 130 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,404 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 98.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 180 in 2002. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (29). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,842 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lisandro’s family of names
Lisandro has a related form in Lysander. In Italian usage, Lisandro has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lysander. In Spanish usage, Lisandro has a conventional equivalent in the French form LYSANDRE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lisandro
- Lisandro MartínezArgentine association football playerborn 1998
- Lisandro LópezArgentine footballer (born 1983)
- Lisandro LópezArgentine association football player (born 1989)
- Lisandro AlonsoArgentinan film director and screenwriter (born 1975)
- Lisandro MagallánArgentine association football playerborn 1993
- Lisandro de la TorreArgentine politician (1868–1939)
- Lisandro Semedoassociation football playerborn 1996
- Lisandro MezaColombian musician (1937-2023)
- Lisandro Oteronovelist (1932-2008)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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