Leandra
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning lion-woman or lioness.
Babies a year
14
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2006
14 babies
Leandra by the numbers
In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Leandra. In the US, 59 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 269 babies in 1989, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Leandra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leanorabright light; a form of Eleanor4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leandrealike a lion; a form of leandra6 in the US (2017)
- Leondralion woman; a feminine form of Leon5 in the US (2017)
- Liandra7 in the US (2017)
- Landryland ruler; from Landric602 in the US (2017)
- Leannameadow; a form of Lea or Leanne378 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a lion
Like Leandra, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Leandra
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