Lisandro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lee-SAHN-droh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #1,401 for boys
Lisandro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “freer of men”. In 2025 it ranked 1,401st for boys in the US (130 babies).
What does Lisandro mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Lysander
“freer of men”
Spanish form of Lysander, the Spartan admiral who defeated Athens at the close of the Peloponnesian War.
Is Lisandro a girl's or a boy's name?
Lisandro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 130 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lisandro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,401among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 130about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 130 boys in the US were named Lisandro, making it the 1,401st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 180 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had more boys named Lisandro than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Lisandro in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 boys in the US were given Lisandro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #1,401 for this spelling alone.
Lisandro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 130 | #1,401 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 126 | #1,440 |
| 2022 | 85 | #1,861 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,224 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 51 | #2,492 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 53 | #2,411 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2011 | 46 | #2,625 |
| 2010 | 87 | #1,738 |
| 2009 | 57 | #2,286 |
| 2008 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 2007 | 42 | #2,810 |
| 2006 | 66 | #2,009 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 71 | #1,714 |
| 2002 | 180 | #897 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,395 |
| 1997 | 81 | #1,363 |
| 1996 | 17 | #3,824 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 20 | #2,983 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,288 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 23 | #2,213 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 19 | #2,361 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
Names like Lisandro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca Alessandro Nico Leandro Diego Santino Marcelo Rodrigo Apollo Luciano Lucas Thiago
Other spellings of Lisandro
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lisandro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lisandro, updated 20 October 2026.