Lenore
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning light; a form of eleanor or leonore.
Lenore by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Lenore. In the US, 45 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 460 babies in 1926, 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 Lenore. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Lenoravariant of Leonora; bright lion193 in the US (2017)
- Leonorelight mercy; a form of Eleanor3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Lenniestrong lion; a form of Leonard210 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leoralight; a form of Leonora23 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonoralight, torch; a form of Eleanor71 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leonorbright light; a form of Eleanor28 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean light
Like Lenore, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Lenore
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