Given name
Philander
“one who loves mankind”
Philander is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “one who loves mankind.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who loves mankind.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Philander through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 297
- 297 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 1964. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 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.
Philander’s family of names
Philander has a related form in Phylander.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Philander
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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