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Eleanore

Eleanore: name meaning, origin & popularity

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

Variant spelling of Eleanor. The name comes via Old French Aliénor; its deeper origin is uncertain, often linked with the name Aenor.

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How popular is Eleanore?

202443.0 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 Eleanore in 2024142

2024 rank#1,513 girls

Peak year1916

Total US babies since 188018,567

Eleanore is rising: use over the last five years is 2.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Eleanore

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
  • Elanoruncertain; associated with Eleanor · Unknown
  • Lenorelight · Greek

Eleanore questions

What does the name Eleanore mean?

Eleanore means "uncertain; associated with Aenor". It comes from French. Variant spelling of Eleanor. The name comes via Old French Aliénor; its deeper origin is uncertain, often linked with the name Aenor.

Is Eleanore a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Eleanore?

142 US babies were named Eleanore in 2024. Its peak year was 1916.

How do you pronounce Eleanore?

Eleanore 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.