Proper name: NICANDER (Νίκανδρος), historical. ⁠1. A king of Sparta, the eighth of the family of the Proclidae, the son of Charilaus, and the father of Theopompus. He was contemporary with Teleclus, and reigned twenty-eight or twenty-nine years, about B.C. 809—770. (Pausan. iii. 7. § 4. See Clinton, Fasti Hell. vols. i. and ii.) Some of his sayings are preserved by Plutarch (Lacon. Apophthegm. vol. ii, p. 155, ed. Tauchn.) (Wikisource | public domain)

Nīcander (noun M) : Νίκανδρος.
* A physician, poet, and grammarian of Colophon, Cic. de Or. 1, 16, 69; Macr. S. 5, 21, 12.
* A Roman surname, Inscr. Maff. Mus. Ver. 274, 4.

Male Personal name
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:

• Aurelius Nicander (Masc, senator), ref: PIR A 1563 | PIR ID2620
• Ti. Claudius Nicander (Masc), ref: PIR C 0943 | PIR ID4385