What is the meaning of the name Eleanor?

The meaning of the name Eleanor is "sun ray, shining light". The origin of the name is "Greek". The name Eleanor is mostly used as a girls name.

Right pronunciation of Eleanor

\e-lea-nor\

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Eleanor is a very popular first name for girls (#148) but a really uncommon last name. Users of our site ranked the name with a 2.0 (1 vote(s)). Like or dislike the name by ranking this girls name above or write a comment on the name Eleanor.

How popular is the name Eleanor?

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The year 1920 was for Eleanor a very good year. In that year there were 8224 births with the name Eleanor. Find out if Eleanor is in the top 100 girls names 1920 or check all top 100 names for any State in any year!

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