Lenora
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning variant of Leonora; bright lion.
How Lenora has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2022 | #932 |
| 2023 | #763 |
| 2024 | #714 |
| 2025 | #539 |
Lenora by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Lenora. In the US, 193 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 678 babies in 1924, making it a 1920s name.
At its height, in 1880, about 1 in 1,500 American girls born that year was called Lenora.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Lenora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Leoralight; a form of Leonora23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonoralight, torch; a form of Eleanor71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lenorelight; a form of eleanor or leonore45 in the US (2017)
- Leanorabright light; a form of Eleanor4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lanora23 in the US (2017)
- Lynora5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean light
Like Lenora, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean a lion
Like Lenora, each of these has a lion in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lenora
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