Leandros
Leandros is a Greek family name .
Origin and meaning
Λέανδρος (Leandros) is made up of the Attic variant λεώς (leōs) of the word λάος (laos) "people" and the root form (* ανδρ ·) of the word ἀνήρ (anēr) "man", thus roughly the meaning "people man" or "Man of the People".
variants
Transmissions in different languages are known as first and last names:
- Leandris (female variant)
- Leander (German)
- Leandro (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Léandre (French)
- Леандер (Russian spelling)
Well-known namesake
- Leo Leandros (* 1926), Greek composer, singer, lyricist and producer
- Vicky Leandros (* 1952), Greek singer
swell
- ^ W. Pape: Dictionary of Greek Proper Names, Vol. 2. Braunschweig 1884, p. 779.