Elenore
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning bright light or torch; form of eleanor.
Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Elenore by the numbers
Elenore was given to 20 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 82 babies in 1924, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Elenore. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Eleanorebright light; a form of Eleanor99 in the US (2017)
- Elenorabright light; a form of Eleanor7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Eleonorebright light; form of Eleanor7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Elenorbright light; a form of Eleanor16 in the US (2017)
- Elinorebright light; a form of Eleanor16 in the US (2017)
- Ellenorebright torch; a form of Eleanor9 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Elenore
Names that are said the same way as Elenore, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
- 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)
- Ellanorebright light; a variant of Eleanor21 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Elenore, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Elenore
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