Escanor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ESS-kuh-nor
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Escanor is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Escanor mean?
French: name from Old French Arthurian romance
Escanor is a knight in medieval Arthurian romance and a sun-powered hero in the anime The Seven Deadly Sins.
Is Escanor a girl's or a boy's name?
Escanor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Escanor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Escanor, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Escanor in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Escanor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
Names like Escanor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Major Alonzo Eider Cassian Oliver Everett Oscar Kartier Atreus Enoch Fletcher Augustus
More French names
Eleanor Beau Esme Darcie Darcy Genevieve Amy Esmae Arleth Elle Russell Monty Mallory Percy Lacey Belle
Sources
Figures from 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, “Escanor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/escanor, updated 20 October 2026.