Leandro

Meaning of Leandro

Leandro traces back to the ancient Greek Λέανδρος, “lion-man,” a meaning that lends the name a quiet swagger without straying into bravado. Via Latin, it filtered into the Romance languages—most visibly Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian—before hopping the Atlantic with waves of Iberian and Italian immigration. Literature buffs meet Leander as the ill-fated swimmer in the myth of Hero and Leander; church historians encounter San Leandro, the 6th-century bishop who helped shape Visigothic Spain. In contemporary America, the name has paced itself like a long-distance runner: consistently present, seldom flashy, and inching upward from the mid-700s in the 1990s to the mid-400s today. That slow-burn popularity gives parents a familiar yet under-used choice—recognizable in multicultural settings, unlikely to proliferate on every classroom roll call. Altogether, Leandro offers a cosmopolitan résumé, a classical pedigree, and just enough leonine grit to satisfy anyone seeking a name that feels both time-tested and quietly distinctive.

Pronunciation

Spanish

• Pronunced as lay-AHN-droh (/leɪˈændroʊ/)

Portuguese

• Pronunced as lee-AHN-droo (/liˈɐ̃dɾu/)

Filipino

• Pronunced as leh-AHN-droh (/le.ˈan.dro/)

Italian

• Pronunced as leh-AHN-droh (/leˈandro/)

• Leandros
• Leland
• Leonardo
• Leander