Fun Facts About the Name Lysandra
- 686 babies named Lysandra: U.S. records list 686 babies given the name Lysandra from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Lysandra Mean?
Lysandra is a feminine name of Greek origin meaning "liberator of men" or "one who releases men." It is the feminine counterpart of the Greek Lysandros (Λύσανδρος), built from lysis (λύσις), "a loosing or releasing," from the verb lyein (λύειν), "to loosen, release, set free," and anēr (ἀνήρ), "man," whose genitive form is andros (ἀνδρός). The compound says literally something like "releasing men"; the familiar English gloss "liberator" is a customary interpretation of that literal sense rather than a strict word-for-word translation.
Lysandra Name History & Origins
The masculine Lysandros was a name in use in ancient Greece; its best-known bearer was Lysander, the Spartan naval commander whose fleet destroyed the Athenian navy at Aegospotami in 405 BC. The feminine Lysandra belongs to the same Greek naming tradition, in which a woman's name could be formed from a masculine one by changing the ending. In the Hellenistic period a Lysandra was a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter and Eurydice; she married Alexander V of Macedon and, after his death, Agathocles, the son of Lysimachus.
Through Latin and later European usage the name passed into several languages. The form Lisandra is used in Spanish and Portuguese, while Lysandra is the spelling more often found in English. The name has not been common in the English-speaking world and appears mainly as a classical revival name. The related masculine Lysander is the form Shakespeare gave to a character in A Midsummer Night's Dream, written in the 1590s.
How Popular is the Name Lysandra?
Lysandra has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1993. Its best rank was #3,714 in 1969.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,658 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #16,760 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #12,312 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #15,653 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2013 | #12,702 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #18,491 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #10,872 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #10,915 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #19,054 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #7,966 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #9,920 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #8,089 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #7,359 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2004 | #8,535 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #10,131 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #9,960 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #9,119 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2000 | #5,845 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1999 | #4,812 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #5,495 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1997 | #5,776 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1996 | #4,527 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1995 | #7,854 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #6,191 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #4,479 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1992 | #6,516 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #5,307 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1990 | #7,643 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #5,716 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1988 | #4,973 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1987 | #4,791 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1986 | #4,461 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #3,794 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #5,407 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #5,033 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #4,266 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1981 | #4,449 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1980 | #5,420 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1979 | #4,762 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1978 | #6,198 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1977 | #7,274 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #5,430 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #4,476 | 14 | 0.0010% |
| 1973 | #5,411 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #4,012 | 15 | 0.0010% |
| 1971 | #4,995 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #3,972 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1969 | #3,714 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1968 | #4,996 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1967 | #7,413 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #6,253 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #5,269 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #5,784 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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