Girl · Occitan, through Spanish
Leonor
Say it: lay-oh-NOR
Meaning
Spanish form of Eleanor, from Occitan Aliénor, of uncertain origin.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
A royal name in medieval Castile and Portugal, carried to the colonies.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 5,843 babies given this name since 1885
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 11,200 girls
- 57 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Catalan | Elionor |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | Leonor |
| English | Eleanor |
| French | Aliénor |
| Italian | Eleonora |
Famous bearers
- Eleanor of England, queen of Castile
- Leonor Teles, queen of Portugal
- Leonor, Princess of Asturias
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- Medieval Spanish and Portuguese chronicles and charters
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.