# Hannelore (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hannelore/  
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 | German |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæ.nəˌloɹ.ə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Hanners |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 267 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 267 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Hannelore.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 12,904 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,812 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,809 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,523 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,820 |
| 2010 | 8 | 12,720 |
| 2011 | 5 | 17,750 |
| 2012 | 8 | 12,637 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,306 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,766 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,246 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,774 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,124 |
| 2023 | 7 | 12,609 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,367 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

## People named Hannelore

- Hannelore Elsner, German actress, dub actress, and author (1942–2019)
- Hannelore Anke, East German swimmer
- Hannelore Schroth, German actress (1922–1987)
- Hannelore Hoger, German actress
- Hannelore Zober, East German handball player (1946–2026)
- Hannelore Bollmann, German actress (1925–2023)
- Hannelore Weygand, female rider from West Germany (1924-2017)
- Hannelore Burosch, German handball player
- Hannelore Baron, artist (1926–1987)
- Hannelore Kramm, Austrian singer and actress (1942–2023)
- Hannelore Raepke, German athletics competitor
- Loki Schmidt, German environmentalist, botanist and botanical collector (1919–2010)

## 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.