Elinore
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-ih-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Elinore is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Elinore mean?
French: spelling of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor
The related spelling Elinor belongs to the sensible elder sister in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
Is Elinore a girl's or a boy's name?
Elinore is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elinore in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 6 girls.
Elinore in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elinore in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Elinore, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 94 girls. It first appears in the records in 1887.
Half of all the girls named Elinore in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 106 girls in the US were given Elinore or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,627, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Elinore in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,375 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 11 | #3,136 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,993 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 33 | #1,291 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,389 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,072 |
| 1929 | 57 | #951 |
| 1928 | 57 | #983 |
| 1927 | 80 | #817 |
| 1926 | 55 | #1,004 |
| 1925 | 68 | #895 |
| 1924 | 92 | #777 |
| 1923 | 84 | #793 |
| 1922 | 83 | #798 |
| 1921 | 93 | #757 |
| 1920 | 72 | #850 |
| 1919 | 77 | #800 |
| 1918 | 92 | #743 |
| 1917 | 94 | #713 |
| 1916 | 78 | #775 |
| 1915 | 68 | #798 |
| 1914 | 62 | #726 |
| 1913 | 41 | #823 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 1911 | 40 | #686 |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,030 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 11 | #1,162 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,027 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,136 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 5 | #1,147 |
Nicknames for Elinore
Names like Elinore
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor Eloise Charlotte Alice Elsie Josephine Beatrice Olive Florence Evelyn Harriet Clementine
Other spellings of Elinore
Names related to Elinore
More French names
Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle Quincy
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, “Elinore: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elinore, updated 20 October 2026.