Ellenor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-a-nor
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,660 for girls
Ellenor is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Ellenor mean?
French: spelling of Elenor, itself a spelling of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor
Eleanor spread in England through Eleanor of Aquitaine; the origin of her Occitan name is debated.
Meaning borrowed from Elenor.
Is Ellenor a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellenor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellenor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ellenor, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 26 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellenor in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 874 girls in the UK were given Ellenor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #64, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ellenor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,263 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 15 | #1,398 |
| 2000 | 23 | #1,016 |
| 1999 | 26 | #923 |
| 1998 | 16 | #1,289 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 20 | #1,061 |
How popular is Ellenor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Ellenor, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,001st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
2025 had more girls named Ellenor than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Ellenor in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,294 girls in the US were given Ellenor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Ellenor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 25 | #5,001 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 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 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,143 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,927 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,590 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,518 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,843 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
Nicknames for Ellenor
Names like Ellenor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emma Eloise Ellie Charlotte Emily Sophie Ella Naomi Evelyn Elodie Lucy Isabelle
Other spellings of Ellenor
Eleanor Elinor Elanor Eleanore Elleanor Ellanor Elenor Ellinor Elenore Ellenore
Names related to Ellenor
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, “Ellenor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellenor, updated 20 October 2026.