Leandra
Greek at root, the feminine of Leander: it means "lioness". Fewer than three dozen women in Poland carry it, so most people here will never meet one.
Leandra Pronunciation
Leandra is pronounced le-AHND-rah (/lɛˈandra/).
What Leandra means
Where Leandra comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Leandra comes from Greek. It is the feminine of Leander, and it splits into two old words: leon, the lion, and andros, of a man. Put together for a woman, the name means lioness. Kobieta lwa, a Polish dictionary would render it.
The masculine Leander belongs to an old story. In the Greek tale, Leander swam the Hellespont each night to reach Hero, a priestess of Aphrodite, until one storm drowned him. The name carried that romance into Italian and Spanish, where Leandro stayed common. Leandra followed as its feminine.
In Italy and Spain the name kept its Latin shape and its Greek meaning. A Spanish speaker hears the lion in it. So does an Italian.
Leandra reached Poland later and stays rare. On a class register it would stand out. Its meaning does not soften with translation: lioness, kobieta lwa, the feminine of the lion-man Leander.
When Leandra celebrates name day
Leandra appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 27 February.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Leandra
1 in 727220 women in Poland is named Leandra. 31 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7321 among female names.
Leandra's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Leandra as a middle name
Leandra is a first name for 31 women in Poland and a middle name for another 20, a 61/39 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1622nd, between Lamia (20) and Lucille (20).
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#1620 Kübra20
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#1621 Lamia20
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#1622 Leandra20
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#1623 Lucille20
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#1624 Ludosława20