Elanor
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning shining light; a modern respelling of Eleanor.
Elanor by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Elanor. In the US, 53 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 61 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Eleanor
Like Elanor, each of these traces back to Eleanor: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Elleshe; a form of Eleanor or Ellen828 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellybright one; a form of Eleanor144 in the US (2017)
- Nellybright light; diminutive of Eleanor121 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellisun; a diminutive of Helen or Eleanor74 in the US (2017)
- Leonoralight, torch; a form of Eleanor71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elleeshining light; a respelling of Ellie or Eleanor68 in the US (2017)
- Leonorbright light; a form of Eleanor28 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elanor. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Elanor
Names that are said the same way as Elanor, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eleanorebright light; a form of Eleanor99 in the US (2017)
- Ellinorbright torch; a form of Eleanor31 in the US (2017)
- Elleanorbright light; a form of Eleanor30 in the US (2017)
- Ellanorebright light; a variant of Eleanor21 in the US (2017)
- Elenorebright light or torch; form of eleanor20 in the US (2017)
- Ellenorbright light; a form of Eleanor3 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean light
Like Elanor, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Elanor
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