Leandro

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Leandro is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name571K records spelled Leandro15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Venezuela, Ecuador

  Languages: English, German, Western Frisian

  Also written Léandro, Lëändrö, Leandró, Lëåndrō, Leandrö

• a separate given name8.8K records spelled Leandro2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Spain, United Kingdom

  Also written Léandro

• Lao given name5.4K records spelled Leandro9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Laos, Thailand, United States, Philippines

  Languages: Lao, Thai

  Also written L̶e̶a̶n̶d̶r̶o̶, Lèàndrò, Léandro, Léándró, Lëąńdrö

• Indonesian given name2.1K records spelled Leandro3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Lëãndrõ

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Leandro is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Griego Leandros, 'hombre león' (león + hombre).

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Italian, Dal greco, interpretato come 'uomo calmo, tranquillo'.

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

• Tejuco; Diamantina

  as a name·Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

• In Italian, È interpretato: a uomo calmo P . o tranquillo n . S. Leandro, vcscovo di Siviglia, VI sec.; 27 febbraio. Cogn. Aleandri ( 9).

  as a name·Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche

• In Italian, forma ital. de Leandrus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 123 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Leandro Cufréb. 1978ARArgentine association football player and manager
• Leandro Barbosab. 1982BRBrazilian basketball player (born 1982)
• Leandro Guilheirob. 1983BRBrazilian judoka
• Victorb. 1983BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player, born 1983
• Leandro Grecob. 1986ITItalian association football player
• Leandro Castánb. 1986BRBrazilian footballer
• Leandro Bacunab. 1991NLDutch-Curaçaoan footballer (born 1991)
• Leandro Paredesb. 1994ARArgentine footballer
• Leandro Trossardb. 1994BEBelgian association football player (born 1994)
• Leandro Bolmarob. 2000ARArgentine basketball player (born 2000)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 985 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Leandro?

We estimate roughly 509 thousand people bear Leandro (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Leandro have the most bearers?

Leandro is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled leandro.

Where is Leandro most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Leandro is densest in Brazil — about 1 in 449 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Leandro compared with other names?

In Argentina, Leandro is the 131st most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Leandro a male or female name?

Leandro is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Leandro mean?

Recorded meaning: Leander