Leander

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Leander is a given name. The most famous bearer of the name is mythological, from the story of Hero and Leander. Leandro is the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish version of this name.

From Wikipedia

Leander first appears in the data in 1951 and has been recorded in 58 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1979 with 32 babies (rank #342 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Leander

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Leander yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

921
Total babies (all years)
58
Years in the data
32
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

Famous people named Leander

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19511#23
19531#34
19541#100
19551#811
19562#752
19572#785
19632#913
19642#897
19655#717
19664#794
19674#818
19686#712
19696#744
19704#851
19716#765
197211#602
197311#587
197412#560
197518#442
197610#608
197712#548
19787#710
197932#342
198015#541
198116#514
198225#412
198320#452
198418#493
198521#470
198621#485
198722#487
198824#479
198929#444
199030#451
199130#444
199227#479
199325#488
199426#486
199523#519
199624#502
199730#455
199829#462
199918#595
200020#563
200115#646
200217#611
200321#536
200423#505
200514#653
200617#587
200719#526
200815#598
200923#454
201031#385
201123#452
201215#566
201321#454
201414#571