Eleonore
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ee-a-nor
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Eleonore is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Eleonore mean?
French: German form of Eleanor, also French as Éléonore
Éléonore is the French form and Eleonore the German form of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor.
Is Eleonore a girl's or a boy's name?
Eleonore is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Eleonore in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Eleonore, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Eleonore in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Eleonore in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Eleonore in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Eleonore, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Eleonore in the US since 1880 were born between 1919 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eleonore in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,773 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,579 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,525 |
| 1928 | 26 | #1,588 |
| 1927 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,699 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,836 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 27 | #1,584 |
| 1919 | 27 | #1,527 |
| 1918 | 26 | #1,566 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,739 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,523 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,718 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,098 |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,263 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,123 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,484 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #860 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Nicknames for Eleonore
Names like Eleonore
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Eleonore
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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, “Eleonore: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eleonore, updated 20 October 2026.