Elanor
2025 SSA
About Elanor
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.
Pronounced EL-uh-nor.
As of October 2026, Elanor ranked #1635 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1617 in 2023.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,490 | 32 | 17.9 |
| 2015 | #2,859 | 61 | 34.2 |
| 2016 | #2,981 | 56 | 31.6 |
| 2017 | #3,026 | 54 | 31.3 |
| 2018 | #3,064 | 53 | 31.2 |
| 2019 | #2,687 | 64 | 38.1 |
| 2020 | #2,105 | 87 | 53.8 |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | 54.8 |
| 2022 | #1,977 | 99 | 60.4 |
| 2023 | #1,617 | 129 | 80.4 |
| 2024 | #1,787 | 112 | 69.1 |
| 2025 | #1,635 | 127 | 79 |
World rankings
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Elanor on lists
Famous Elanors
- Elanor Allerton
English colonist and diarist in Jamestown, Virginia
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").
- "Queen Elanor's Confession"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"