Leander

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Male Male Name

Usage

Norway Norwegian
Finland Finnish
Denmark Danish
Sweden Swedish

Origin and Meaning

From the Greek name Λεανδρος (Leandros)

1) Combination of Greek λεων (leon) = 'lion' and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man' [1]

2) Combination of Attic Greek leōs = 'people' and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man'

3) Combination of Greek ? = 'happiness' and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man' [2]

Related Names

     
Lanteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lean ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish
Leander ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish
Leanteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Leijunteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Leikko ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Leja ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lejanteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Leussa ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish
Lianteri ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Finnish

See also Lea

Name Days

Denmark Denmark

27 February

Faroe Islands Faroe Islands

27 February

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

Sweden: 1780 [2]

Namesakes

Per Leander Engström, 1886-1927, Swedish painter

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Norway Norway[3] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m4.png 0 0 933 1064
Denmark Denmark[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 n.a. 150 n.a
Sweden Sweden[5] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m2.png 0 2 44 810
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 2 n.a 2160
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[5][4][3][6]:Name statistics for Leander(m)


Norwegian historic statistics trend[3]:

Norwegian historic statistics for Leander(m)


Sources: [5] [4] [3] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  4. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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