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Elanor

Elanor: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“uncertain; associated with Eleanor”
Origin
Unknown
Say it
EL-uh-nor · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Elanor is best known as Tolkien's flower-name in Sindarin, but as a personal name it is also used as a variant of Eleanor. Its exact etymological interpretation as a given name is therefore uncertain. The origin of this name is not settled among etymologists.

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How popular is Elanor?

202434.0 per million US babies
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Babies named Elanor in 2024112

2024 rank#1,787 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18801,802

Elanor is rising: use over the last five years is 3.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Elanor

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Eleanormeaning uncertain · French
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lenoralight · English
  • Eleanorameaning uncertain · French
  • Nellbright, shining one · English
  • Elinormeaning uncertain · French
  • Eleanoreuncertain; associated with Aenor · French
  • Lenorelight · Greek

Elanor questions

What does the name Elanor mean?

Elanor means "uncertain; associated with Eleanor". It comes from Unknown. Elanor is best known as Tolkien's flower-name in Sindarin, but as a personal name it is also used as a variant of Eleanor. Its exact etymological interpretation as a given name is therefore uncertain.

Is Elanor a boy or girl name?

Elanor is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Elanor?

112 US babies were named Elanor in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Elanor?

Elanor is usually pronounced EL-uh-nor.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.