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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 · #1971 in the US (2025) · Timeless
Lenore holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1971 in 2025). About 23,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Around the world: about 1 in 12,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 83 notable people named Lenore:
Artists & writers appear 1.73× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lenore J. Coffee, American screenwriter and author (1896–1984).
Similar names: Lenora · Sybil · Lennox · Jadore · Millicent · Lenna
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