Elinor

Spelling variation of Eleanor

Elinor Origin and Meaning

The name Elinor is a girl's name of French origin.

Slimmed down spelling is well-established and makes an old name more modern, for better and worse. Katie Couric spells her Elinor's name this way.

# 946 in the US

Elinor Rank in US Top 1000

# 1558 on Nameberry

Elinor Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Elinor Popularity

Famous People Named Elinor

  • Mary Eleanor "Elinor" Donahue
    American actress
  • Elinor Morton Wylie
    American poet and novelist
  • Elinor Regina Patricia Smith
    American aviator
  • Elinor Claire "Lin" Ostrom
    American economist; winner of the Nobel Prize
  • Elinor Sutherland Glyn
    British novelist
  • Elinor Caplan
    Canadian MP
  • Elinor Jane Barker
    Welsh cyclist
  • Elinor Lipman
    American novelist
  • Gladys Eleanor May "Elinor" Brent
    Dyer, English novelist
  • Elinor Tully "Ellie" Couric
    daughter of newscaster Katie Couric
  • Elinor Fair
    American silent film actress

Elinor in Pop Culture

  • Elinor Dashwood
    character in "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen
  • Elinor
    Merida's mother in Pixar's "Brave"
  • Elinor
    characterin "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
  • Elinor Joddrel
    character in "The Wanderer" by Fanny Burney
  • Elinor
    character in Ally Condie's "Atlantia"
  • Elinor Carlisle
    character in Dame Agatha Christie's "Sad Cypress"