Lysander
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ly-SAN-der
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,708 for boys
Lysander is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “freer of men”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Lysander mean?
Greek
“freer of men”
Borne by the Spartan commander who defeated Athens in 405 BC, and by a young lover in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lysander a girl's or a boy's name?
Lysander is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lysander in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Lysander, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 18 boys.
2025 had more boys named Lysander than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Lysander in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Lysander in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,612 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #1,880 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
How popular is Lysander in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,708th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 158% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Lysander, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1931.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Lysander of any year since it first appeared, in 1931.
Half of all the boys named Lysander in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lysander in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 66 | #2,190 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2014 | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,009 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
Names like Lysander
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Luca, Archer, Xander, Oliver, Theo, Asher, Cooper, Lucas, River, Carter, Hunter, Atlas
More Greek names
Theodore, Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Lysander: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lysander, updated 20 October 2026.