Lissandra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- lih-SAN-druh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Lissandra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “releaser of men”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Lissandra mean?
Greek: spelling of Lisandra; feminine form of Lisandro (Lysander)
“releaser of men”
The feminine form of Lysander, the Spartan commander who defeated Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War.
Meaning borrowed from Lisandra.
Is Lissandra a girl's or a boy's name?
Lissandra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lissandra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Lissandra, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the girls named Lissandra in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lissandra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
Nicknames for Lissandra
Names like Lissandra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luna Sophia Ximena Alora Lyra Solana Ariana Alessia Luciana Camila Elora Elina
Names related to Lissandra
More Greek names
Luca Theodore George Theo Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
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, “Lissandra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lissandra, updated 20 October 2026.