Eleanore
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bright light; a form of Eleanor.
Eleanore by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Eleanore. In the US, 99 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 768 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Eleanor
Like Eleanore, 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)
- 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)
- Ellie-Maeforeign; more; a form of Eleanor and May40 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Eleanore. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
- Eleanorabright light or sun ray; a form of Eleanor42 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleonorebright light; form of Eleanor7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellanorebright light; a variant of Eleanor21 in the US (2017)
- Elenorebright light or torch; form of eleanor20 in the US (2017)
- Elanore10 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Eleanore
Names that are said the same way as Eleanore, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Elinorbright light; a form of Eleanor27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elanorshining light; a modern respelling of Eleanor13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ellinorbright torch; a form of Eleanor31 in the US (2017)
- Elleanorbright light; a form of Eleanor30 in the US (2017)
- Ellenorbright light; a form of Eleanor3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elenorbright light; a form of Eleanor16 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Eleanore, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Eleanore
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