Leander
Meaning
"lion of a man"
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Leander peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
610 people · the #11,665 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 20
Among people named Leander living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 31 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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