Eleonora

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Eleonora

Say it: eh-leh-oh-NOH-rah

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Meaning

From Occitan Alienor, whose origin is uncertain; popular derivations from Greek or from 'another Aenor' are unproven.

Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

1,337 babies given this name since 1882
At its height in 1892, about 1 in 14,200 girls
51 babies in 2020

Through the ages

Used by

The family of the name

Other spellings: Leonora

English	Eleanor
French	Éléonore
Spanish	Leonor

Famous bearers

Eleonora d'Arborea, ruler of Arborea in Sardinia
Eleonora Duse, actress

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Where this comes from

Royal and noble genealogies
Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.