Eleanor
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Helen via Provencal Alienor; popular in England from Norman times, brought to Ireland by the Normans
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛlənɒɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eleanor is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 1.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 1.5K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #913 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 504 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈580,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Kingdom, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- Helenvia(measured from records)
- Normantimes(measured from records)
From Helen via Provencal Alienor; popular in England from Norman times, brought to Ireland by the Normans.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eleanor counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈580,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.4K | — | Eleanor | 35 |
| US United States | #368 | 120,071 | 1 in 2.8K | 120K | Eleanor | 504 |
| GB United Kingdom | #260 | ≈46,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | 672 | Eleanor | 289 |
| PH Philippines | #864 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 4K | — | Eleanor | 110 |
| IT Italy | #580 | ≈20,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 6 | Eleanor | 52 |
| AU Australia | #390 | ≈12,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | 418 | Eleanor | 197 |
| IE Ireland | #188 | ≈3,500 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Eleanor | 114 |
| NZ New Zealand | #282 | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 2K | 65 | Eleanor | 96 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Eleanor is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, Se Eleonora.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
In English, The light of the sun.
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In English, light of the sun
as a nameBaby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
In German, ) Eleanora, engl. Aussprache: [’elina], [elia'no:ra]: weibl. Vorn., englische
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Eleanor of Aquitaineb. 1124FRQueen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
- Eleanor H. Porterb. 1868USAmerican novelist (1868–1920)
- Eleanor Rooseveltb. 1884USAmerican diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
- June Allysonb. 1917USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1917–2006)
- Margaret Burbidgeb. 1919GBnot in their usual nameBritish-born American astronomer (1919–2020)
- Eleanor Parkerb. 1922USAmerican actress (1922-2013)
- Rosalynn Carterb. 1927USnot in their usual nameFirst Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981
- Margaret Atwoodb. 1939CAnot in their usual nameCanadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)
- Eleanor Cattonb. 1985CANew Zealand writer
- Rowan Blanchardb. 2001USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 94 sources across 50 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 120K | #467 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 7.6K | — |
| GB United Kingdom | ONS — Baby names England and Wales (2024) | 2024 | 672 | #67 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2023 | 418 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2025 | 169 | #31 |
| AU Australia | NSW BDM — Popular baby names (1952–present) | 2025 | 169 | #31 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 159 | #467 |
| AU Australia | QLD BDM — Top 100 Baby Names Queensland (1960–present) | 2025 | 126 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2025 | 65 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2025 | 39 | #37 |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2024 | 39 | #113 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 25 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What are other forms of the name Eleanor?
- In the etymology graph, Nora, Nelly and Leonor are forms of the same name in other languages; Ellie, Elle and Elea are recorded short or pet forms.
- Is Eleanor a male or female name?
- Eleanor is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What does the name Eleanor mean, and where does it come from?
- From Helen via Provencal Alienor; popular in England from Norman times, brought to Ireland by the Normans. Recorded by Irish first names.
- How do you pronounce Eleanor?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛlənɒɹ/ (IPA) for English.
- How common is the name Eleanor?
- In the United States, the national register counted 120,071 people named Eleanor in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Eleanor compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Eleanor is the 188th most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Eleanor have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 577 thousand people named Eleanor in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eleanor.
What do you want to know about Eleanor?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eleanorThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eleanor” — the 188th most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.