Eleonore
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in German: a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ɛlɔnɔʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Eleonore is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 6.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- FRFrance≈1 in 7.4K
- SESweden1 in 5K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 287 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Sweden
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)
a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
How Eleonore is read(measured from records)
Eleonore is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French56%
Origine grecque; signifie « compassion ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
- German23%
a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
weibl. Vom. altprovenzalischer Her kunft (Alienor) von ungesicherter Etymologie (der erste Namenbestandteil gehört wohl zu german. *alja- »anders, fremd«). In England wurde der Name bekannt durch Eleonore (altfranzös. Alienor) von Aquitanien (12./
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- English15%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Eleonore in English.
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Eleonore 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #721 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | 2 | Eleonore | 123 |
| FR France | #723 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 7.4K | 18K | Eleonore | 287 |
| CM Cameroon | #626 | ≈3,800 est. | ≈1 in 7.3K | — | Eleonore | 7 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 2,237 | 1 in 7.7K | 2.2K | Eleonore | 32 |
| SE Sweden | — | 2,024 | 1 in 5K | 2K | Eleonore | 25 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); the de-duesseldorf-vornamen register; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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)
Eleonore is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
German form of ELEANOR .
as a word
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. 1124FRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
- Eleanor H. Porterb. 1868USnot in their usual nameAmerican novelist (1868–1920)
- Eleanor Rooseveltb. 1884USnot in their usual nameAmerican 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. 1922USnot in their usual nameAmerican 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. 1985CAnot in their usual nameNew 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 61 sources across 38 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 18K | #1,982 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 2.2K | #763 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 2K | #1,053 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 538 | — |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 21 | #11,385 |
| DE Germany | Stadt Düsseldorf Open Data — Vornamen Neugeborene | 2020 | 2 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt Leipzig Open Data — Vornamensstatistik Neugeborene | 2025 | 1 | #2 |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2023 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | Babynamen — Lijst met meer dan 22.000 namen (Amelia King, 2020) | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007) | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen (2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Dictionary of French Prénoms (Benoist, 2009) | — | — | — |
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 does the name Eleonore mean, and where does it come from?
- a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Eleonore?
- A machine transcription gives /ɛlɔnɔʁ/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Eleonore a male or female name?
- Eleonore 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 are other forms of the name Eleonore?
- In the etymology graph, Nora, Eleanor and Nelly are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Eleonore have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Eleonore in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled eleonore.
- Where is Eleonore most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eleonore is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 5.0 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Eleonore?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 2,237 people named Eleonore, about 1 in 7.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Eleonore compared with other names?
- In Germany, Eleonore is the 721st most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Eleonore?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/eleonoreThe 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, “Eleonore” — the 721st most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.