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Eleanora

Eleanora: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“meaning uncertain”
Origin
French
Say it
el-uh-NOR-uh · 4 syllables
Used for
Girls

Elaborated form of Eleanor. Eleanor ultimately comes from the Old French name Aliénor; its deeper origin is debated.

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How popular is Eleanora?

202491.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Eleanora in 2024304

2024 rank#886 girls

Peak year1904

Total US babies since 18808,008

Eleanora is rising: use over the last five years is 3.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Eleanora

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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

Eleanora questions

What does the name Eleanora mean?

Eleanora means "meaning uncertain". It comes from French. Elaborated form of Eleanor. Eleanor ultimately comes from the Old French name Aliénor; its deeper origin is debated.

Is Eleanora a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Eleanora?

304 US babies were named Eleanora in 2024. Its peak year was 1904.

How do you pronounce Eleanora?

Eleanora is usually pronounced el-uh-NOR-uh.

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.