Eleanor


Gender:
Origin: Greek
460 famous people named Eleanor found on Wikipedia.
288354 female, 606 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 32-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 25-th in year 1920
Used in: English

Meanings

A female given name, form of Helen.

Eleanor (variants Elinor, Ellinor, Elenor, Eleanore, Eleanour, Eleonor(a), Éléonore among others; short form Leonor and variants) is a feminine given name. It was the name of a number of women of the high nobility in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages, originally from a Provençal name Aliénor.
In modern times, the name was popularly given in the United States in the 1910s to 1920s, peaking at rank 25 in 1920. It declined below rank 600 by the 1970s, but has again risen above rank 150 in the early 2010s.
Common hypocorisms include Ella, Ellie, Elly (etc.), Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Leanora, Lenora, (etc.) Nell, Nella, Nellie, Nelly, Nelda, Nelle, (etc.), Nora(h), Noor, Noreen, Norene, Nonie (etc.)

Also Elinor, from Provençal Ailenor, a variant of Leonore, introduced in England by Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122-1204), wife of Henry II. The Old French form of the name was Elienor.

Form of the Greek Helene, derived from the element ele: light, torch, bright.

Famous People: 460 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Eleanor Roosevelt 1884 American politician, diplomat, and activist, and First Lady of the United States
2 Eleanor Tomlinson 1992 English actress
3 Eleanor of Aquitaine 1122 Queen consort, patroness
4 Eleanor Parker 1922 American actress
5 Eleanor Powell 1912 Dancer, actress
6 Eleanor Mondale 1960 American actress, infotainer and radio personality
7 Eleanor Coppola 1936 Documentary film-maker from the United States
8 Eleanor Audley 1905 American actress
9 Eleanor Holmes Norton 1937 Non-voting Delegate to to the United States Congress for the District of Columbia
10 Eleanor Bron 1938 English stage, film and television actress and author
11 Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile 1162 Queen consort of Castille
12 Eleanor of Provence 1223 Queen of England
13 Eleanor Clift 1940 American journalist
14 Eleanor Matsuura 2000 Japanese actress
15 Eleanor Hibbert 1906 English novelist
16 Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves 1927 American educator
17 Eleanor Catton 1985 New Zealand writer
18 Eleanor Friedberger 1976 American musician
19 Eleanor Marx 1855 Social activist from London
20 Eleanor Wilson McAdoo 1889 American politician
21 Eleanor Dare Settler of Roanoke Colony and mother of Virginia Dare
22 Eleanor Worthington Cox 2001 British actress
23 Eleanor Summerfield 1921 British actress
24 Eleanor Farjeon 1881 English children's writer
25 Eleanor of Leicester 1215 English princess
26 Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis 1779 Granddaughter of MArtha Washington
27 Eleanor Holm 1913 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist
28 Eleanor of Toledo 1522 Duchess of Florence
29 Eleanor Post Hutton 1909 American heiress and socialite
30 Eleanor Bartlet 1976 Character in The West Wing
31 Eleanor of Lancaster 1318
32 Ellie Bishop Fictional character in NCIS
33 Eleanor H. Porter 1868 American novelist
34 Eleanor of Navarre 1426 Queen regnant of Navarre
35 Eleanor Laing 1958 British politician
36 Eleanor Boardman 1898 American film actress
37 Eleanor Butler 1665
38 Eleanor Smeal 1939 American activist
39 Eleanor David 1956 British actress
40 Eleanor of Woodstock 1318 An English princess
41 Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress 1434 Queen of Germany
42 Eleanor de Clare 1292 Welsh noble
43 Eleanor McEvoy 1967 Irish singer-songwriter
44 Eleanor Thornton 1880 British model
45 Eleanor Lambert 1903 Fashion designer
46 Eleanor Rosch 1938 Professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley
47 Eleanor Oldroyd 1962 English sports broadcaster
48 Eleanor Bergstein 1938 American screenwriter
49 Eleanor Mariano 1955 United States admiral
50 Eleanor de Montfort 1258 Daughter of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester and Eleanor of England
51 Eleanor J. Gibson 1910 American psychologist & academic
52 Eleanor de Bohun 1366 Daughter of Humphrey de Bohun, 7th Earl of Hereford, duchess of Gloucester
53 Eleanor Rathbone 1872 Member of British parliament, women's rights campaigner
54 Eleanor Beardsley
55 Eleanor Calvert 1758 Calvert Family member
56 Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar 1269 An English princess and countess of Bar
57 Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal 1402 Queen of Portugal
58 Eleanor of Alburquerque 1374 Queen of Aragon
59 Eleanor Estes 1906 American children's writer
60 Eleanor A. Maguire 1970 Irish neuropsychologist
61 Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile 1358 Queen consort of Castile
62 Eleanor of Austria 1653 Queen of Poland
63 Eleanor Coade 1733 British businesswoman known for manufacturing Neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments
64 Eleanor of Viseu 1458 Queen of Portugal
65 Madame Moustache 1834 American gambler
66 Eleanor Ileen Johnson 1910 Titanic survivor
67 Eleanor Antin 1935 American performance artist, film-maker, installation artist, conceptual artist and feminist artist
68 Eleanor de' Medici 1567 Family member of the House of Medici
69 Eleanor Perry 1914 American writer known primarily for her screenplays
70 Eleanor McGovern 1921 American politician
71 Eleanor Leacock 1922 Anthropologist
72 Eleanor Burns 1945 American quilter, teacher, and author
73 Eleanor Steber 1916 Singer
74 Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Buckingham 1474 British duchess
75 Eleanor Barooshian 1950 American musician
76 Eleanor Elkins Widener 1861 American heiress
77 Eleanor Patterson 1996 Australian high jumper
78 Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara 1450 Duchesses of Ferrara
79 Eleanor Hallowell Abbott 1872 American author
80 Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale 1872 British artist
81 Eleanor V. E. Sharpston 1955 British lawyer
82 Eleanor of Scotland 1433 Scottish princess
83 Eleanor Updale 1953 British author
84 Eleanor Butler Alexander-Roosevelt 1888 American philanthropist
85 Eleanor Coerr 1922 Canadian-American children's writer
86 Eleanor Robson 1969 British academic
87 Eleanor Lee 1999 Singaporean actress
88 Eleanor Lansing Dulles 1895 American government official
89 Eleanor de Guzmán 1310 Castilian noble
90 Eleanor Beaufort 1431 English noblewoman
91 Eleanor of Sicily 1325 Queen of Aragon
92 Eleanor of Normandy 1010 Norman noblewoman
93 Eleanor D. Acheson 1947 Lawyer
94 Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland 1519 English countess
95 Eleanor of Arborea 1347 Sardinian judge and heroine (1347-1404)
96 Eleanor K. Baum 1940 American electrical engineer
97 Eleanor Noble 1980 Canadian actress
98 Eleanor Shanley Irish singer
99 Eleanor Bull 1550 English businesswoman
100 Eleanor F. Helin 1932 American astronomer
101 Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark 1211 Queen of Denmark
102 Eleanor Cameron 1912 Canadian American children's writer
103 Eleanor of Anjou, Queen of Sicily 1289 Queen consort of Sicily
104 Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre 1363 Queen consort of Navarre
105 Eleanor "Sis" Daley 1907 Wife of Richard J. Daley
106 Eleanor Bone 1910
107 Eleanor Jarman 1904 American murderer
108 Eleanor Duckworth 1935 American psychologist
109 Eleanor Maccoby 1917 American psychologist
110 Eleanor Beauchamp 1408 Baroness de Ros and Duchess of Somerset
111 Eleanor Wachtel 1947 Canadian radio host
112 Eleanor Raskin 1946 American activist
113 Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury 1386 English countess
114 Eleanor Anne Porden 1795 British poet
115 Eleanor de Braose 1228 English noble
116 Eleanor Dark 1901 Twentieth-century Australian novelist
117 Crazy Cat Lady The Simpsons character
118 Eleanor Vere Boyle 1825 British artist
119 Eleanor Hull 1860 English writer, journalist and scholar of Old Irish
120 Eleanor McMahon 1962 Canadian politician
121 Eleanor Louise Ross 1967 United States District Judge
122 Eleanor Arnason 1942 American writer of science fiction novels and short stories
123 Eleanor Zelliot 1926 American writer
124 Eleanor Columbus 1989 Actress from the United States
125 Eleanor Markham 1872
126 Eleanor Clarke Slagle 1871 American occupational therapist
127 Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon 1328 Queen of Aragon
128 Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus 1333 Queen of Cyprus
129 Eleanor Sokoloff 1914 American pianist
130 Eleanor Sobel 1946 Florida State Senator
131 Eleanor Percy, Countess of Northumberland 1398 English countess
132 Eleanor Sophia Smith 1858 American composer and music educator
133 Eleanor Robson Belmont 1879 British actress
134 Eleanor Searle 1908 American independent woman
135 Eleanor Clark 1913 American writer
136 Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde 1304 Irish Countess
137 Eleanor Anne Ormerod 1828 English entomologist
138 Eleanor Mildred Sidgwick 1845 British scholar & feminist
139 Eleanor of Castile 1307 Queen of Aragon
140 Eleanor Scott 1951 Scottish politician and medical doctor
141 Eleanor Jorden 1920 American academic
142 Eleanor Hall Australian sportscaster
143 Eleanor Flexner 1908 American feminist
144 Eleanor Josaitis 1931 American activist
145 Eleanor Eden British countess
146 Eleanor Callow 1927 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
147 Eleanor Joanne Daley 1955 Canadian musician
148 Eleanor Jourdain 1846 English academic, author, and Principal of St Hugh's College, Oxford
149 Eleanor Sherman Thackara 1859 American philanthropist
150 Eleanor Harvey 1995
151 Eleanor Margaret Green 1895 Danish princess
152 Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1863 American writer
153 Eleanor Hunt 1910 Actress
154 Eleanor Ross Taylor 1920 Poet
155 Eleanor of Prussia 1583 Daughter of Duke Albert Frederick of Prussia; by marriage Electress of Brandenburg
156 Eleanor Davis 1983 American cartoonist and comics creator
157 Eleanor Grey English priest
158 Eleanor Smith UK Member of Parliament
159 Eleanor Glynn 1986 British model
160 Eleanor Seigler
161 Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd 1868 American writer
162 Eleanor Maltravers, 2nd Baroness Maltravers 1345 English baroness
163 Eleanor Glanville 1654 English entomologist
164 Eleanor Garatti 1909 American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder
165 Eleanor Aller 1917 Cellist
166 Eleanor Alberga 1949 Jamaican contemporary music composer
167 Eleanor Taylor Bland 1944 American writer
168 Eleanor Norcross 1854 American artist
169 Eleanor R. Adair 1926 American scientist
170 Eleanor Robinson 1947 British ultramarathon runner
171 Eleanor Merry 1873 British Anthroposophist
172 Eleanor of Brittany 1275 Eleanor of Brittany (1275–1342), abbess of Fontevrault
173 Eleanor Coen 1916 American artist
174 Eleanor FitzAlan 1284 British noble
175 Eleanor Legge-Bourke 1980 British public relations expert
176 Eleanor James 1986 British actress
177 Eleanor Dapkus 1923 All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player
178 Eleanor Raymond 1887 Architect
179 Eleanor of Anhalt-Zerbst 1608 Duchess by marriage of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Norburg
180 Eleanor Montgomery 1946 American high jumper
181 Eleanor Stewart 1913 American film actress
182 Eleanor Jones Harvey
183 Eleanor Phelps 1907 American actress
184 Eleanor King 1906 American dancer
185 Eleanor de Mowbray English noble
186 Eleanor Lynn 1916 American actor and stage actor (1916-1996)
187 Eleanor Goss 1895 American tennis player
188 Eleanor Silliman Belknap Humphrey 1876
189 Eleanor Campbell 1960 Professor of Physical Chemistry at Edinburgh University
190 Eleanor Gates 1875 American playwright
191 Eleanor Wilner 1937 American poet
192 Eleanor Spence 1928 Australian writer
193 Eleanor Glueck 1898 American social worker
194 Eleanor V. Valentin United States admiral
195 Eleanor Saffran 1938 American psychologist
196 Eleanor Percy, Duchess of Northumberland 1820 British noble
197 Eleanor Creesy
198 Eleanor Frances Lattimore 1904 American writer and illustrator
199 Eleanor Dodson 1936 Biologist
200 Eleanor Power British murderer