Eleanor

eh-len-NOR; EH-len-uh

English variation of French Provencal Alienor, meaning unknown

Eleanor Origin and Meaning

Variation of Leonora

Eleanor Rank in US Top 1000

# 14 in the US

Eleanor Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 9 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Eleanor

• 14 US 2024
• 9 Nameberry 2025
• 31 Canada 2024
• 6 Future 2035
• 67 England 2024
• 116 scotland 2024
• 36 Australia 2024
• 55 New Zealand 2024
• 404 Germany 2016

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Famous People Named Eleanor

• (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt former First Lady of the US as wife of Franklin Roosevelt
• Eleanor of Aquitaine Queen consort of Louis VII of France, then Henry II of England
• Eleanor of Castile Queen consort of Edward I of England
• Eleanor of Provence Queen consort of Henry III of England
• Eleanor of England Queen consort of Alfonso VIII of Castile; daughter of Henry II
• Eleanor of Castile Queen consort of James I of Aragon
• Eleanor of Castile Queen consort of Alfonso IV of Aragon
• Eleanor of Castile Queen consort of Charles III of Navarre
• Eleanor of Sicily Queen consort of Peter IV of Aragon
• Eleanor of Viseu Queen consort of John II of Portugal
• Eleanor of Austria Queen consort of Manuel I of Portugal, then Francis I of France
• Eleanor Jean Parker American actress
• Eleanor Marie Robertson birth name of Nora Roberts, American novelist
• Ella Augusta "Eleanor" Norcross American painter
• Eleanor Louise "Ellie" Greenwich American songwriter
• Eleanor Suzanne "Ellie" Daniel American Olympic swimmer
• Eleanor Emily Hodgman Porter American novelist
• Eleanor Holmes Norton U.S. Congressional delegate from D.C.
• Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson American author
• Eleanor Nancy Gow birth name of Elle Macpherson, Australian supermodel
• Eleanor K. Baum American pioneering electrical engineer
• Eleanor "Elle" Logan American Olympic rower
• Eleanor Audley American actress
• Eleanor May Tomlinson English actress
• Eleanor Jessie Coppola American film director
• Eleanor Key Francis "Glo" Helin American astronomer
• Eleanor Winifred Worthington Cox, English actress
• Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson
• (Jenny Julia) Eleanor Marx daughter of philosopher Karl Marx
• Eleanor Stills daughter of musician Stephen Stills
• Eleanor Rose "Ella" Edmondson English singer; daughter of actress Jennifer Saunders and Adrian Edmondson
• Eleanor Patricia Columbus (b. 1989) daughter of director Chris Columbus
• Eleanor Jasmine Lambert (b. 1993) daughter of actors Christopher Lambert and Diane Lane
• Eleanor Grace Dennis (b. 2008) daughter of actor and TV presenter Les Dennis
• Eleanor "Ellie" Kennedy (b. 2015) daughter of politician Joseph P. Kennedy III
• Eleanor Talitha Bailey daughter of Devon Aoki and James Bailey
• Eleanor Jane Calder English model and fashion blogger who's best known for dating Louis Tomlinson

The name Eleanor in Pop Culture

• "Eleanor" has connections to multiple characters in William Shakespeare's plays notably in Henry VI, King John, etc.
• "Eleanor Rigby " song by The Beatles
• "Eleanor Put Your Boots On " song by Franz Ferdinand
• Eleanor Waldorf character on "Gossip Girl"
• Eleanor Henstridge character on TV's "The Royals"
• Eleanor Shellstrop character on TV's "The Good Place"
• Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop character on TV's "NCIS"
• Eleanor "Elle" Bishop character on TV's "Heroes"
• Eleanor "Nell" Potter character on TV's "Smallville"
• Eleanor "Nell" Crain/Vance character in "The Haunting of Hill House"
• Eleanor Arroway character in Carl Sagan's "Contact"
• Eleanor "Ellie" Nash character on TV's "Degrassi: The Next Generation"
• Eleanor "Norrie" Calvert Hill, character on TV's "Under the Dome"
• Eleanor character in video game "Rule of Rose"
• Eleanor Lamb character in video game "Bioshock 2"
• Eleanor Douglas character in "Eleanor and Park" by Rainbow Rowell
• Eleanor Oliphant protagonist of book "Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine" by Gail Honeyman

International Variations of the name Eleanor

• Eileanóra Irish
• Élénora French
• Elinor French
• Eleanore French
• Elinore French
• Eilonóra Gaelic
• Ealanor Gaelic
• Eléonore French
• Eleonore German
• Eleonora Italian
• Eleonora Swedish
• Ellinor Scandinavian
• Leonor Portuguese