# Eleonora (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eleonora/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Norah |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,651 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,651 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 451, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant form of Eleanor.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,210 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,681 |
| 2013 | 22 | 5,877 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,670 |
| 2015 | 33 | 4,327 |
| 2016 | 43 | 3,602 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,510 |
| 2018 | 38 | 3,872 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,294 |
| 2020 | 51 | 3,106 |
| 2021 | 55 | 3,012 |
| 2022 | 41 | 3,722 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,151 |
| 2024 | 69 | 2,565 |
| 2025 | 95 | 2,005 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,903 |
| 2012 | 20 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2016 | 26 | 1,278 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,330 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 31 | 1,095 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,286 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,452 |
| 2023 | 34 | 1,008 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,160 |
| 2025 | 38 | 922 |

## People named Eleonora

- Eleonora Gonzaga, Austrian empress
- Eleonora Sears, (1881-1968) American tennis player
- Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino (1493–1550)
- Eleonora Lo Bianco, female volleyball player from Italy
- Eleonora Ter-Parsegova-Makhviladze, Georgian Armenian politician
- Eleonora Sophie af Slesvig-Holsten-Sønderborg, (1603-1675)
- Eleonora de Cisneros, American opera singer (1878-1934)
- Archduchess Eleonora of Austria, Archduchess of Austria (1886-1966)
- Eleonora di Garzia di Toledo, (1553-1576)
- Eleonora d’Este, Ferrarese noblewoman (1515-1575)
- Eleonora Wexler, Argentine actress
- Eleonora Gabrielian, Armenian botanist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.