Lisandra
Feminine · “Greek lyein and aner”
Lysander means the releaser of men, from lyein, to loosen. That verb is one of the busiest in Greek: it gives analysis, which is a loosening-up, paralysis, a loosening beside, catalysis, and the -lysis of every chemical process that breaks something apart.
How old is the name Lisandra?
Lisandra first appears in US birth records in 1956 — 69 years ago. The typical Lisandra alive today was born around 1994, making them about 31 years old. About 1,700 people named Lisandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lisandra most popular?
Lisandra peaked in 2010, reaching #2202 nationally. Today it ranks #9457, 7,255 places below that high. See the whole 2010 chart.
Where it comes from
From Lysandros to Lisandra
The story of Lisandra
Lyein means to loosen, untie or release, and English has borrowed its derivatives across half a dozen fields. Analysis is ana-lysis, a loosening-up, the taking apart of something into its components, and it entered English as a term of logic and mathematics before it reached anything else. Paralysis is a loosening beside, the failure of one side of the body. Catalysis is a loosening-down, a substance that helps something come apart. Hydrolysis, electrolysis, dialysis and lysosome all use it. In Greek the same verb covers releasing a prisoner, ending a war, and dissolving an assembly. So the name says something closer to the one who sets men free than to any of the modern technical senses, and the Spartan who bore it ended a twenty-seven-year war.
Meaning
Greek lyein and aner, loosener of men
Lisandra is the Spanish and Italian feminine of Lysander, Greek Lysandros, joining lyein, to loosen, free or release, to aner, andros, a man. The Spartan admiral Lysander, who defeated Athens in 405 BC, is the best known bearer. Shakespeare gave the name to a lover in A Midsummer Night's Dream. The American peak is 2010.
How the name formed
- Lysandros
- Lysander
- Lisandra
Related forms: Lisandra · Lisandra · Lysandra
Pronouncing Lisandra
lee-SAHN-drah
Three syllables, stress on the second. Spanish says every vowel fully. The English Lysander is stressed on the second syllable too.
Nicknames for Lisandra
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
- 1956
- Most girls named
- 201088 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2202reached in 2010
- Change vs 2024
- −16.7%10 in 2025, from 12
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.
Lisandra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lisandra in Spanish — same name
- Lisandra in Italian — same name
- Lysandra in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Lisandras among us
people named Lisandra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 160,727 born in 2025 was named Lisandra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lisandra
- #9457
- Lisandra on the 2025 chart
- #938
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lisandra went to 10 girls in 2025, but Lysandra is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 22, which makes it the 938th most-given girls’ name of the year — 8,519 places above the chart.
- Lysandra12
- Lisandra10
About 1 girl in 73,058 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 160,727 for Lisandra itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Detta test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lisandra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Detta climbed just as high around 1930, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Detta's path sketches the road Lisandra is walking now.
Lisandra sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Lisandra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lisandra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lisa and Sandra are both complete names as short forms.
- The Greek meaning is clear and documented.
- Three syllables with clear middle stress.
- Lysandra is the classical spelling.
- It is easily confused with Lisandro, the masculine form.
- The name is unfamiliar to most English speakers.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lisandras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Lisandra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lisandra?
- Lisandra is one of 2 recorded spellings. Lysandra is the more common one — 12 births in 2025 against 10 for Lisandra.
- How popular is the name Lisandra in 2025?
- Lisandra ranks #9457 among US girl names in 2025, with 10 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lisandra?
- About 1 in every 160,727 US girls born in 2025 was named Lisandra — 10 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lisandra with classmates?
- Lisandra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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