Eleonora

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Eleanor in GR Greece and Элеонора in KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Eleonora is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian given name198K records spelled Eleonora134 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Poland

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, German

  Also written Элеонора, Елеонора, Eleanor, Элеанора, Eleonóra

• a separate given name2.7K records spelled Eleonora10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Italy, Russia, United Kingdom

  Also written Ėleonora, Eleonóra, Èleonora, Ėlėonora, Eléonora

• Albanian given name721 records spelled Eleonora2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Albania, Italy, United States

  Also written Eleonóra

• Hebrew given name157 records spelled Eleonora7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, United Kingdom, South Africa

  Also written אלינור, Elinor, Eleanor, Elinore, Elenor

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Eleonora is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Italian form of Eleanor, now sometimes also used in the English-speaking world. 77

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In German, a female given name, variant of Eleonore, equivalent to English Eleanor

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, a female given name, equivalent to English Eleanor

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, Eleonora Duse, italienische Schauspielerin

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Italian, dal gr. éleos o da altra base incerta

  as a name·Dizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1882–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eleanor of Aquitaineb. 1124FRnot in their usual nameQueen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
• Eleanor of Austriab. 1498ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Portugal and France (1498-1558)
• Mary of Modenab. 1658ITnot in their usual nameQueen consort of England (1685-1688)
• 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)
• 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)
• Greta Thunbergb. 2003SEnot in their usual nameSwedish climate protection activist (born 2003)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 874 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Eleonora?

We estimate roughly 178 thousand people bear Eleonora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 16 countries in our records.

In which country does Eleonora have the most bearers?

We estimate about 120 thousand people bear Eleonora in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled eleonora.

Where is Eleonora most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eleonora is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 846 people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is Eleonora compared with other names?

In Italy, Eleonora is the 211th most common given name of 102,519 given names recorded there.

Is Eleonora a male or female name?

Eleonora 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 Eleonora mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian, Romanian, etc.