Leander

English Etymology From en la Leander, from en grc Λέανδρος, from grc λεώς (Attic form of grc λᾱός people) + grc ἀνήρ man + grc -ος. Pronunciation en /liˈændɚ/ GA en /liːˈændə/ RP en Le an der Proper noun en Greek mythology The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned. : Act IV, Scene I: Leander, he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night. en male Ancient Greek, also of a Spanish sixth century saint. en city co/Williamson County s/Texas. Translations Greek lover of Hero Basque: eu Lander s Bulgarian: bg Леандър m Catalan: ca Leandre m French: fr Leándre m Greek: el Λέανδρος m Hungarian: hu Leandrosz Italian: it Leandro Japanese: ja レアンドロ Reandoro Portuguese: pt Leandro Russian: ru Леа́ндрос m Spanish: es Leandro male given name Basque: eu Lander s Bulgarian: bg Леандър m Catalan: ca Leandre m French: fr Leándre m Greek: el Λέανδρος m Hungarian: hu Leandrosz Italian: it Leandro Japanese: ja レアンドロ Reandoro Portuguese: pt Leandro Russian: ru Леа́ндрос m Spanish: es Leandro Anagrams en adeelnr Darleen Darlene Learned learned learnèd learnéd red lane relaned en Individuals Finnish Etymology From fi sv Leander. Originally probably a given name. Pronunciation Proper noun fi Finnish Declension Leander a 0 Statistics dvv_20250813 250 3096 7 References Latin Alternative forms la Leandrus Etymology la Leander :bor grc:Λέανδρος + 1 Pronunciation Leander Proper noun Leander/Leandr<2> la Greek mythology Leander lover of Hero Declension Leander/Leandr<2> Descendants 2 desc eu Lander 1 ca Leandre en Leander 1 fr Léandre it Leandro pt Leandro es Leandro Further reading la Individuals Swedish Etymology From sv grc Λέανδρος. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1780. Pronunciation sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Leander.wav Proper noun c sv Greek mythology en Leander sv male sv 1898 Erik Axel Karlfeldt s:sv:Selinda och Leander Vi hänger du i tågen,där skeppet far på vågen,så dyster som i galgen, oLeander Liljekvist? sv References Statistics Sweden: 830 males with the given name Leander, and 1281 persons with the surname Leander, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013. Accessed on 8 July 2014. Anagrams sv adeelnr ledaren lederna