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Elenora

Gender
Girl
Say it
el-eh-NOR-a
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,341 for girls

Elenora is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).

What does Elenora mean?

French: variant of Eleonora, the Italian form of Eleanor

Eleonora Duse was a celebrated Italian stage actress of the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Is Elenora a girl's or a boy's name?

Elenora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elenora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 88% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Elenora, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.

2025 had the most girls named Elenora of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

2013Busiest: 7 in 20252025
Elenora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20245#4,253
20233#5,929
20224#4,870
20213#5,824
20200–
20194#4,904
20184#4,914
20174#4,967
20160–
20156#3,777
20140–
20134#4,953

How popular is Elenora in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,341among girls
Babies in 2025
46about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Elenora, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 119 girls.

2025 had more girls named Elenora than any year since 1938.

Half of all the girls named Elenora in the US since 1880 were born between 1914 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 55 girls in the US were given Elenora or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,449, up from #3,341 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 119 in 19172025
Elenora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202546#3,341
202428#4,770
202343#3,584
202235#4,106
202144#3,490
202036#3,914
201940#3,717
201834#4,143
201726#5,043
201634#4,249
201514#8,004
201420#6,205
201314#8,131
201216#7,452
201112#9,146
201011#9,786
20095#17,288
20080–
20077#13,918
20066#15,147
20050–
20040–
20036#13,837
20020–
20015#15,345
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19907#10,187
19890–
19880–
19870–
19865#10,907
19850–
19840–
19830–
19827#8,222
19810–
19805#10,390
19796#9,008
19780–
19776#8,442
19760–
197510#5,514
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19709#5,412
19690–
19686#6,244
19679#4,624
19665#6,563
19659#4,493
19649#4,635
19637#5,295
19626#5,859
196115#3,317
196012#3,687
195913#3,435
195814#3,231
195717#2,822
195615#3,047
195510#3,777
195417#2,694
195313#3,105
195216#2,670
195115#2,693
195025#1,910
194921#2,133
194822#2,069
194718#2,353
194624#1,859
194516#2,148
194426#1,608
194322#1,833
194223#1,759
194129#1,446
194037#1,203
193930#1,350
193848#1,031
193743#1,085
193638#1,150
193548#995
193435#1,205
193332#1,262
193235#1,213
193152#959
193055#993
192956#959
192874#840
192763#955
192669#893
192590#779
192486#804
192374#852
1922101#723
1921101#732
1920112#687
191984#765
191889#755
1917119#627
191696#700
191588#713
191472#687
191362#659
191246#735
191125#853
191033#737
190931#719
190842#574
190739#588
190630#661
190539#556
190423#727
190328#628
190235#545
190130#559
190036#576
189935#498
189830#586
189731#530
189626#610
189525#607
189423#609
189323#594
189221#616
189115#695
189019#599
188916#641
188826#486
188717#537
188619#508
188510#695
18846#930
18838#692
18820–
18816#740
18808#628

Nicknames for Elenora

Names like Elenora

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Elenora

Names related to Elenora

More French names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elenora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elenora, updated 20 October 2026.