Ellanor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Ellanor is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Ellanor mean?
French: spelling of Elanor, itself a spelling of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor
In Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, elanor is a golden star-shaped flower, and Sam Gamgee names his daughter after it.
Meaning borrowed from Elanor.
Is Ellanor a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellanor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellanor in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellanor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ellanor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Ellanor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Ellanor, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,914th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Ellanor in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,294 girls in the US were given Ellanor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
Ellanor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 36 | #3,914 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 36 | #4,065 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 38 | #3,914 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 25 | #5,412 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
Nicknames for Ellanor
Names like Ellanor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor, Elodie, Ellie, Esme, Imogen, Harper, Evie, Isla, Amelie, Emilia, Freya, Eloise
Other spellings of Ellanor
Eleanor, Eleanore, Elinor, Elanor, Elleanor, Elenor, Ellenor, Ellinor, Elenore, Ellenore
Names related to Ellanor
More French names
Beau, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy, Bruce
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, “Ellanor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellanor, updated 20 October 2026.