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“Variant of Eleanor — The other Aenor (from Latin alia); root sense riches and fame” — Old Provencal/Latin, ultimately Germanic; Arabic light also suggested origin
Girl's name · #1398 in the US (2025) · Comeback
Eleanore was #225 in 1916, slipped to #9358 by 1983, and has climbed back to #1398 today. About 19,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Eleanore is a rare spelling of Eleanor — about 2% of babies given the name are written this way; Eleanor itself ranked #12 in 2025.
Around the world: about 1 in 2,400 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 4,200 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 4,500 girls in Belgium (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 29 notable people named Eleanore:
Artists & writers appear 2.07× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eleanore Pettersen, American architect (1916–2003).
Similar names: Elinor · Fern · Elina · Jadore · Viola · Mable
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