A baptismal name for a boy· A rare, distinctive name
Leander
3 saints bore this name
Other days it is celebrated
Saints named Leander
Saint Leander of SevilleFebruary 27Bishop of Seville who labored for the conversion of the Visigothic kings Hermenegild and Reccared; died about 600.- Martyr LeanderMay 14A martyr honoured alongside Aristotle in the Greek calendar.
- Martyr Leander of EpirusJune 2A martyr of Epirus, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
Questions
The name day of Leander is February 27, the feast of Saint Leander of Seville. It is also kept on May 14, June 2.
The Sinaxarion archive holds 3 saints named Leander, with their lives and icons.
Yes. Leander is the name of a saint of the Orthodox Church, so the child will have Saint Leander of Seville as patron.