Leandrew
Masculine
Leander swam the Hellespont every night to see Hero, and drowned when the light she left out for him blew out in a storm. Byron swam the same crossing in 1810 to prove that the story was at least physically possible, and was prouder of it than of anything he had written.
How old is the name Leandrew?
Leandrew first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Leandrew alive today was born around 1967, making them about 58 years old. About 700 people named Leandrew are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Leandrew most popular?
Leandrew peaked in 1966, reaching #1757 nationally. See the whole 1966 chart.
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Where it comes from
From a Greek compound meaning lion-man to Leandrew
The story of Leandrew
The strait is about a mile across at the narrowest point and the current runs hard from the Black Sea, which is why the swim is a real one. Byron did it with a companion, took over an hour, and mentioned it in letters for the rest of his life; he had a lame foot and swimming was the one physical thing he did well. The story he was testing is one of the oldest romances in Europe, told by Ovid and by a late Greek poet, and it ends with Hero seeing the body at dawn and throwing herself off the tower.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name looks like Leander with the ending replaced by Andrew, and both halves are Greek: Leander is lion-man and Andrew is manly. It may equally be Lee joined to Andrew, which is how a great many American compounds were built. The record carries no indication, and the two possibilities would produce identical letters.
How the name formed
- a Greek compound meaning lion-man
- the story of Hero and Leander told by Ovid and others
- Byron swims the crossing in 1810
- American families join Lee and Andrew
- Leandrew appears in the record in the 1910s
Related forms: Leandros · Leandro · Leander
Pronouncing Leandrew
lee-AN-droo
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. Some families front the stress, LEE-an-droo, which the spelling permits equally well.
Nicknames for Leandrew
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 195919 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1757reached in 1966
- Change vs 2018
- −45.5%6 in 2022, from 11
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Leandrew in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Leandros in Greek — related form
- Leandro in Spanish — related form
- Leander in English — related form
Leandrews among us
people named Leandrew are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Leandrew sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Lee and Drew are both available and both are complete names.
- It is read correctly at sight by anybody.
- The Greek name behind it has one of the best stories in the language.
- It will be heard as Leander and Leandro by people meeting it once.
- The stress placement is genuinely unsettled.
- There is no meaning for the compound, only for its parts.
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Frequently asked
- How many Leandrews are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Leandrew are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Leandrew in 2025?
- Leandrew is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Leandrew with classmates?
- Leandrew will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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