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    Lysander

    ly-SAN-der

    Greek
    Boy
    Meaning-based name
    Meaning
    Liberator; One who frees
    Origin
    Greek
    Is it in the Bible?
    No — the name Lysander does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Liberator; One who frees", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Lysander.
    First appears in
    Does not appear in the King James text
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Lysander breaks the chains — the Son who makes free indeed, liberty proclaimed, prisons opened, the brokenhearted bound up.
    Verses on this meaning
    • John 8:36

      "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."

    • Isaiah 61:1

      "He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound."

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