Elanora
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Elanora by the numbers
Elanora was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 1917, making it a 1910s name.
What we can tell you about Elanora
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elanora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elanorshining light; a modern respelling of Eleanor13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elenorabright light; a form of Eleanor7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elinorabright light; a form of Eleanor5 in the US (2017)
- Elnora29 in the US (2017)
- Ellanora24 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elanora
Names that are said the same way as Elanora, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Elanora
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