Girl · German compound
Hannelore
Say it: HAH-neh-lor-eh
Meaning
Combination of Hanne (from Johanna) and Lore (from Eleonore).
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A typical German girls' name of the 1920s to 1940s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 248 babies given this name since 1929
- At its height in 2014, about 1 in 162,200 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Hannelore Kohl, wife of Chancellor Helmut Kohl
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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