English

Proper noun

Leander

1. (Greek mythology) The lover of Hero who swam every night across the Hellespont to meet her, and finally was drowned.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: Act IV, Scene I:

     Leander, he would have lived many a fair year, though Hero had turned nun, if it had not been for a hot midsummer night.

2. A male given name, also of a Spanish sixth century saint.

Translations

Anagrams

• Darlene
• learned, learnèd

Swedish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λέανδρος ‎(Léandros). First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1780.

Proper noun

Leander

1. (Greek mythology) Leander
2. A male given name.
   • 1898 Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Selinda och Leander:

     Vi hänger du i tågen,

     där skeppet far på vågen,

     så dyster som i galgen, o

     Leander Liljekvist?

3. A surname​.

References

Statistics Sweden: 830 males with the given name Leander, and 1281 persons with the surname Leander, living in Sweden on December 31st, 2013. Accessed on 8 July 2014.