Lisandro
Meaning
“Spanish and Portuguese form of Lysander, from Greek lysis, 'a release, loosening', and aner, 'man'; a famed Spartan general's name”
The story
Lisandro is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Lysander, a famed Spartan general's name, built from Greek lysis, a release or loosening, and aner, man. The references are careful here, and the story keeps their care: the popular gloss liberator of men is a paraphrase the sources never actually commit to, so the elements stand on their own. Argentina adopted the name across two centuries, from Lisandro de la Torre, born in Rosario in 1868 and remembered in its political history, to Lisandro Martínez, who plays defense for Manchester United and the national team. Brazil kept it more quietly: the 2022 census counted 2,687 Lisandros, with the 1970s and 1980s together supplying more than half of them. The American record barely lists it. The old general might enjoy knowing that Lisandro still appears on a defender's shirt.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Lisandro does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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Popularity in Brazil
2,687 people · the #4,191 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 76,923 · median age 39
Among people named Lisandro living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 33 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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