Gender:
Origin:
Greek
81 famous people named Eleonore found on Wikipedia.
938 female in US.
Most recent ranking:
6824-th in year 2018
Best ranking:
881-th in year 1887
Used in: German
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.)
Form of the Latin name Helena, derived from the Greek Helene: light, torch, bright.
| Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eleonore von Schwarzenberg | 1682 | Princess of Schwarzenberg |
| 2 | Eleonore Stump | 1947 | American philosopher |
| 3 | Eleonore Baur | 1885 | Nazi official |
| 4 | Eleonore Hendricks | 1983 | American photographer and actress |
| 5 | Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | 1860 | Second wife of Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria |
| 6 | Eleonore Prochaska | 1785 | Female Prussian soilder |
| 7 | Eleonore Büning | 1952 | German journalist |
| 8 | Eleonore Dorothea of Anhalt-Dessau | 1602 | Duchess of Saxe-Weimar by marriage |
| 9 | Eleonore Staimer | 1906 | German politician |
| 10 | Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach | 1663 | Duchess by marriage of Württemberg-Winnental |
| 11 | Eleonore Schoenfeld | 1925 | American musician |
| 12 | Eleonore of Stolberg-Wernigerode | 1835 | German writer (1835-1903) |
| 13 | Eleonore Weisgerber | 1948 | German actress |
| 14 | Eleonore Schwarz | 1936 | Austrian singer |
| 15 | Eleonore Berchtold-Ostermann | 1947 | Austrian judge |
| 16 | Eleonore Noelle | 1924 | German actress and voice actress |
| 17 | Eleonore Kastner | 1910 | German hairdresser (1910-2015) |
| 18 | Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim | 1686 | German countess |
| 19 | Eleonore Schikaneder | 1751 | |
| 20 | Eleonore Marie of Anhalt-Bernburg | 1600 | Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Güstrow |
| 21 | Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen | 1696 | German noblewoman |
| 22 | Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann | 1672 | |
| 23 | Eleonore Bjartveit | 1924 | Norwegian politician |
| 24 | Eleonore Dailly | American filmmaker | |
| 25 | Eleonore Charlotte of Württemberg-Montbéliard | 1656 | Duchess of Württemberg-Montbéliard by birth and by marriage Duchess of Württemberg-Oels |
| 26 | Eleonore von Schlieben | 1720 | |
| 27 | Eleonore von Tucher | 1916 | German politician |
| 28 | Eleonore Sterling | 1925 | German university teacher (1925-1968) |
| 29 | Eleonore Trefftz | 1920 | German physicist |
| 30 | Eleonore of Fürstenberg | 1523 | Wife of Philip IV, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg |
| 31 | Eleonore Charlotte of Saxe-Lauenburg-Franzhagen | 1646 | Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen |
| 32 | Eleonore Dehnerdt | 1956 | German writer |
| 33 | Eleonore von Rotenhan | 1939 | |
| 34 | Eleonore Tappert | 1897 | German actress and voice actress |
| 35 | Eleonore Frey | 1939 | Swiss literary figure and writer |
| 36 | Eleonore Hutzel | ||
| 37 | Eleonore Maximiliane Ottilie Henckel von Donnersmarck | 1756 | |
| 38 | Eleonore Pameijer | 1960 | Dutch flautist |
| 39 | Eleonore von Trapp | 1931 | American singer |
| 40 | Eleonore of Liechtenstein | 1745 | Princess of Liechtenstein and salonist |
| 41 | Eleonore de Ahna | 1838 | German singer and opera singer |
| 42 | Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein | 1661 | |
| 43 | Eleonore von Bretzenheim | 1771 | |
| 44 | Eleonore Sophie of Saxe-Weimar | 1660 | |
| 45 | Eleonore Zetzsche | 1919 | German actress |
| 46 | Eleonore Lilja | Swedish model | |
| 47 | Eleonore Güllenstern | 1929 | German politician |
| 48 | Eleonore von Dönhoff | 1674 | |
| 49 | Eleonore Noll-Hasenclever | 1880 | |
| 50 | Eleonore Marguerre | 1978 | German singer and opera singer |
| 51 | Eleonore Mühlbauer | 1964 | German politician |
| 52 | Eleonore Benary | 1912 | German writer (1912-1997) |
| 53 | Eleonore Poelsleitner | 1920 | Concentration camp guard |
| 54 | Eleonore Schönmaier | Canadian poet | |
| 55 | Eleonore Grabmair | 1960 | German politician |
| 56 | Eleonore Lingnau-Kluge | 1913 | German painter |
| 57 | Eleonore Heerwart | 1835 | |
| 58 | Eleonore Margarete of Hesse-Homburg | 1679 | |
| 59 | Eleonore Thon | 1753 | German writer |
| 60 | Eleonore Klara von Hohenlohe-Neuenstein | 1632 | |
| 61 | Eleonore Reuter | 1961 | German university teacher |
| 62 | Eleonore Romberg | 1923 | German politician |
| 63 | Eleonore von Montfort | 1600 | German abbot (1600-1610) |
| 64 | Eleonore Condorussi | 1801 | Austrian stage actor (1801-1873) |
| 65 | Eleonore Koch | 1926 | Brazilian painter and sculptor |
| 66 | Eleonore Kalkowska | 1883 | German stage actor and writer (1883-1937) |
| 67 | Eleonore von Münster | 1734 | |
| 68 | Leonore Feuerbach | 1839 | German writer (1839-1923) |
| 69 | Eleonore Lorenz | 1895 | German writer (1895-1949) |
| 70 | Eleonore Hödl | 1944 | Austrian politician |
| 71 | Eleonore Benzinger-Wahlmann | 1843 | |
| 72 | Eleonore Klee | 1901 | German-Austrian bookbinder and book conservator |
| 73 | Eleonore Rudolph | 1923 | German politician |
| 74 | Eleonore Schneider | 1907 | |
| 75 | Eleonore Kujawa | 1930 | |
| 76 | Eleonore Agnes Raben | 1743 | |
| 77 | Eleonore Evequoz | 1986 | |
| 78 | Eleonore Hedevig von Plessen | 1708 | |
| 79 | Eleonore of Württemberg | 1552 | |
| 80 | Eleonora Zrza | 1797 | Danish opera singer |
| 81 | Eleonore Christine Harboe | 1796 | Danish painter |