Lanora

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 23 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
23
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lanora by the numbers

Lanora was given to 23 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 40 babies in 1969, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Lanora

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 Lanora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Lenoravariant of Leonora; bright lion193 in the US (2017)
  • Leanorabright light; a form of Eleanor4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lanova6 in the US (2017)
  • Lynora5 in the US (2017)
  • Lauralaurel tree; symbol of victory939 in the US (2017)
  • Landryland ruler; from Landric602 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Lanora

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