Lizandro
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- lee-SAHN-droh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Lizandro is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “liberator of men”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Lizandro mean?
Greek: Spanish form of Lysander
“liberator of men”
Spanish form of Lysander, the Spartan admiral whose victory ended the Peloponnesian War; Shakespeare used the name in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Is Lizandro a girl's or a boy's name?
Lizandro is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lizandro in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Lizandro, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2002, with 82 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Lizandro in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 boys in the US were given Lizandro or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,123, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Lizandro in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,389 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 43 | #2,786 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 29 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 82 | #1,511 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,746 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
Names like Lizandro
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Leandro Nico Luca Alessandro Santino Apollo Diego Luciano Lucas Lorenzo Cristian Mateo
Other spellings of Lizandro
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, “Lizandro: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lizandro, updated 20 October 2026.