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Elanor

English, Literature, Sindarin
"sun star"
Clare Green
By Clare Green
Updated Mon Jul 14 2025

Elanor Origin and Meaning

The name Elanor is a girl's name meaning "sun star".

On one hand, Elanor is a spelling variation of the classic Eleanor with a slightly lighter, contemporary look about it. Usually said to derive from the Latin phrase, alia Aenor meaning "other Aenor", the exact origins and meaning of Eleanor are unknown.

Parents choosing this spelling however might be thinking of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings rather than the stately classic. Within the fictional world. the name comes from a yellow, star-shaped flower and means "sun star" in Sindarin. This gives the spelling an edge perhaps, in that it's a literary creation and has a single meaning.

While Elanor has been given as a name throughout history, it started to see significant use in the early 2000s, around the time the Lord of the Rings films were first released. Currently trending upwards, the name was given to 128 girls in the US in a recent year, joining Tolkien-inspired name Arwen as a distinctive but wearable nod to the epic high fantasy novels.

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Famous People Named Elanor

  • Elanor Allerton
    English colonist and diarist in Jamestown, Virginia

The name Elanor in Pop Culture

  • Elanor Gardner ("Elanor the Fair")
    eldest daughter of Samwise Gamgee in "The Lord of the Rings," and a golden, star,shaped flower that grows in the Woods of Lothlorien. In the Elvish language, Sindarin, it means "star sun" (from el "sun" + anor "star").