Lysandra
Lysandra is a girls' name of Greek origin meaning “liberator, one who frees.” Lysandra combines 'lysis' (loosening/freedom) with 'aner' (man/person), creating a name that means liberator or freer…
how do you pronounce Lysandra?
ly-SAN-drah
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what does Lysandra mean?
The name Lysandra means “liberator, one who frees.” It comes from the Greek language tradition.
Lysandra combines 'lysis' (loosening/freedom) with 'aner' (man/person), creating a name that means liberator or freer of people. It was borne by a Ptolemaic princess of ancient Egypt, connecting Greek and Egyptian royal heritage across the Hellenistic world.
where does the name Lysandra come from?
No source specific to Lysandra was retrieved; the related name Lysander, fetched in this same batch, is confirmed by Wikipedia to derive from lysis (freedom) and andros (man), together read as liberator, and Lysandra is grammatically that name's feminine form, though nothing found here independently confirms an identical derivation for the -andra spelling.
the history of Lysandra
Wikipedia identifies a historical Lysandra as a Queen of Macedonia and a daughter of Ptolemy I Soter, though it is uncertain whether her mother was Eurydice or Berenice, giving both as possibilities.
who are famous people named Lysandra?
- Lysandra of Egypt (Ptolemaic princess, granddaughter of Antipater)
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Last reviewed April 30, 2026 · Curated by HushName editorial
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