All around the world, Лидер (Lider 
, Leader 
, Лидер 
) is quite a common predominantly male, but very seldom girly given name. The forename Лидер is habitual in Latin America and the Caribbean, particularly Bolivia, where it is quite a common primarily male, but very infrequently girly name, Paraguay, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Peru, where it is quite a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Peru, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Bolivia. Likewise, Лидер is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Lider | Peru, Paraguay, United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia |
| Leader | Myanmar, United Kingdom, United States, Indonesia, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Лидер | Armenia, Kyrgyzstan |
| Leeder | Australia, Myanmar, Canada, United Kingdom, United States |
Лидер is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Leader , the fictional Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character, Fly Me to the Moon; Leader of the Company , the operatic character in the opera Bandanna by Daron Hagen; Leader of the players , the operatic character in the opera Death in Venice by Benjamin Britten; Leader of the Grey Gentlemen , the operatic character in the opera Momo and the Time Thieves by Svitlana Azarova and Leader , the musical character in the musical Lost in the Stars by Kurt Weill.