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LEANDER
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GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: Λεανδρος (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: lee-AN-dər (English) [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek Λεανδρος (Leandros) which means "lion of a man" from Greek λεων (leon) "lion" and ανδρος (andros) "of a man". In Greek legend Leander was the lover of Hero. Every night he swam across the Hellespont to meet her, but on one occasion he was drowned when a storm arose. When Hero saw his dead body she threw herself into the waters and perished.
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