Leandros

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Origin and Meaning

Lion
Lion
Image by Kevin Pluck,[1]
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Latin spelling of the Greek name Λεανδρος (Leandros)

1) Combination of Greek λεων (leon) = 'lion' (see LEO) and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man' (see ANDR) [2] [3] [4] [5]

2) Combination of Attic Greek leōs = 'people' and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man' (see ANDR) [4] [5]

3) Combination of Greek ? = 'happiness' and ανδρος (andros) = 'of a man' (see ANDR) [6]

See also -os

Related Names

Leandros Greek

See also Leander

Further Information

Leandros is a name used among immigrants from Greece, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Statistics

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References

  1. Wikimedia Commons: Image by Kevin Pluck, source & license
  2. Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
  3. Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Eva Brylla: Förnamn i Sverige (2004)
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gulbrand Alhaug: 10 001 navn - Norsk fornavnleksikon (2011)
  6. Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)