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Leandros

Gender
Boy
Say it
LEH-an-dros
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys

Leandros is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “lion man”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).

What does Leandros mean?

Greek: Greek form of Leander

“lion man”

In Greek myth Leander swam the Hellespont each night to visit Hero, until he drowned in a storm.

Is Leandros a girl's or a boy's name?

Leandros is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Leandros in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,329th among boys
Babies in 2025
6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Leandros, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 11 boys.

Half of all the boys named Leandros in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 11 in 20212025
Leandros in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20247#3,003
20230–
20227#2,922
202111#2,100
20204#4,025
20195#3,597
20184#4,169
20176#3,191
20165#3,655
20153#4,955
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615

Names like Leandros

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Leandros: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/leandros, updated 20 October 2026.