Elizandro appears to be a modern Spanish-style blend influenced by Alejandro or Leandro, with a heroic, defender-like feel.
Elizandro is an elegant fusion name, most plausibly a compound of Eliza (the bright diminutive of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheba — "my God is an oath" or "my God is abundance") and Alejandro (the Spanish form of Alexander, from Greek Alexandros — "defender of men"). The result is a masculine name of considerable sonority and unusual depth, layering two of history's most monumental naming traditions into a single, flowing construction. It is primarily found in Brazil and across Portuguese-speaking Latin America, where inventive compound names have a long and celebrated tradition.
Alternately, Elizandro may be understood as a variant of Lisandro — itself the Spanish and Portuguese form of Lysander, the name of the Spartan admiral who defeated Athens at the close of the Peloponnesian War in 404 BCE. Lysander ("liberator of men") also appears in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as the earnest, romantic suitor of Hermia — lending the name both classical martial weight and a literary tenderness that its Elizandro variant inherits. In Brazilian popular culture, Elizandro has appeared as both a given name and a surname, carried by athletes, musicians, and regional politicians with the easy confidence the name seems to project.
It is long enough to feel formal on a diploma yet has the natural contraction "Eli" built in for everyday use. For families in the Portuguese-speaking world, it represents a characteristically Lusophone approach to naming: ambitious, melodious, and unafraid of grandeur.