Lynora

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Lynora by the numbers

Lynora was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 1959, making it a 1950s name.

What we can tell you about Lynora

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

  • Lenoravariant of Leonora; bright lion193 in the US (2017)
  • Lanora23 in the US (2017)
  • Lynnora5 in the US (2017)
  • Leoralight; a form of Leonora23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Lioramy light or I have light72 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Leonoralight, torch; a form of Eleanor71 in England and Wales (2025)

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