Ellinor
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EL-i-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Ellinor is a girls' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Ellinor mean?
French: spelling of Elinor, itself a spelling of Eleanor
Elinor Dashwood is the sensible elder sister in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility.
Meaning borrowed from Elinor. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ellinor a girl's or a boy's name?
Ellinor is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ellinor in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ellinor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Ellinor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Ellinor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,757th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28 about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Ellinor, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had fewer girls named Ellinor than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Ellinor in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,294 girls in the US were given Ellinor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #14, up from #4,757 for this spelling alone.
Ellinor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 29 | #4,652 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,379 |
Nicknames for Ellinor
Names like Ellinor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eleanor, Elodie, Emma, Emily, Evie, Eloise, Emilia, Isla, Ella, Sophie, Eliza, Isabelle
Other spellings of Ellinor
Eleanor, Eleanore, Elinor, Elanor, Elleanor, Ellanor, Elenor, Ellenor, Elenore, Ellenore
Names related to Ellinor
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, “Ellinor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ellinor, updated 20 October 2026.