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Latinized form of the Greek given name Ποίμανδρος (Poimandros), which is derived from the Greek noun ποιμήν (poimen) meaning "herdsman, shepherd" (see POIMEN) combined with Greek ἀνδρός (andros) meaning "of a man". As such, one could say that the name basically means "shepherd of men".

This name is not to be confused with Ποιμάνδρης (Poimandres), which is a name used as the title for the first chapter of the medieval literary work Corpus Hermeticum. That name is most likely a hellenization of the Egyptian theophoric name P-eime n-Re meaning "intelligence of RE" or "knowledge of RE", since it cannot be a genuine Greek given name because it doesn't follow the grammatical rules that all genuine Greek names do.

In Greek mythology, Poemander was the founder of the city of Tanagra.