Meaning of the nameLisandra

Female
Greek origin
Li-san-dra

Lisandra is a female name of Greek origin, the feminine form of Lisandro, which joins the Greek words for 'release' and 'man'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Lisandro, from 'release' and 'man'”

Source: Behind the Name: Lysandra (lista Lisandra como forma portuguesa) · Behind the Name: Lysander (raízes lysis e aner)

People (2022): 9,589
Rank in Brazil: #1,771
Median age: 30 years
2010 Census: 10,562; people

Lisandra in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Lisandra, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (3,145 people).

9,553 women 36 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Lisandra is most common

States with the highest share of people named Lisandra in the population, in the 2022 Census.

All states

State	People	% of population
Rio Grande do Sul	2,345	0.022%
São Paulo	1,729	0.004%
Bahia	691	0.005%
Rio de Janeiro	627	0.004%
Santa Catarina	519	0.007%
Minas Gerais	503	0.002%
Paraná	423	0.004%
Pernambuco	384	0.004%
Ceará	292	0.003%
Maranhão	282	0.004%
Pará	225	0.003%
Goiás	213	0.003%
Rio Grande do Norte	165	0.005%
Paraíba	162	0.004%
Amazonas	135	0.003%
Distrito Federal	132	0.005%
Alagoas	120	0.004%
Espírito Santo	108	0.003%
Mato Grosso	102	0.003%
Mato Grosso do Sul	99	0.004%
Sergipe	95	0.004%
Piauí	91	0.003%
Tocantins	42	0.003%
Roraima	37	0.006%
Amapá	33	0.005%
Rondônia	21	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Lisandra

Behind the Name lists Lisandra as the Portuguese form of Lysandra, the feminine of the Greek name Lysandros, and explains Lysandros as the union of lysis, 'release, liberation', with anēr, 'man'. The same dictionary gives Lisandro as the Portuguese form of the masculine. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 9,589 people named Lisandra, almost always female. Proportionally, the name is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Spelling with a single s, the form that Behind the Name lists as Portuguese; it is the most common in the group.

Other spellings of Lisandra

Spelling	People (2022)
Lisandra	9,589
Lissandra	2,205

Sources

Behind the Name: Lysandra (lista Lisandra como forma portuguesa) · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Lysander (raízes lysis e aner) · behindthename.com · meaning

Questions about the name Lisandra

What does the name Lisandra mean?

Lisandra means “feminine form of Lisandro, from 'release' and 'man'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Lisandra in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 9,589 people with the first name Lisandra, which ranks it number 1,771 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.

Is Lisandra a boy's or a girl's name?

Lisandra is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 9,553 women and 36 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Lisandra?

Lisandra is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Lisandra most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.022% of the state's population is named Lisandra (2,345 people), according to the 2022 Census.

What are the other spellings of Lisandra?

Lissandra. IBGE counts each spelling separately.

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