Ellinor
given name · Norwegian Bokmål · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ellinor is a given name, most frequently recorded in Norway. It appears chiefly in Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Ellinor (m.fl. former) är en engelsk form av → Eleonora.
- SESweden1 in 1.4K◐
- NONorway1 in 1.6K
- DKDenmark1 in 7.2K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
Ellinor (m.fl. former) är en engelsk form av → Eleonora. Den engelska formen kan ha spritts i Sverige genom Evert Taubes (1890–1976) visor där Ellinor, som hans dotter heter, besjungs.
Sources 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | 15,440 | 43% |
| SE Sweden | 8,530 | 24% |
| DK Denmark | 3,693 | 10% |
| US United States | 3,096 | 9% |
| FI Finland | 2,500 | 7% |
≈33,259 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Norwegian Bokmål14K39%
- Swedish5.8K16%
- English3.8K10%
- Danish3.8K10%
- Finnish2.6K7%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Norwegian Bokmål | 14,326 | 39% |
| Swedish | 5,832 | 16% |
| English | 3,787 | 10% |
| Danish | 3,775 | 10% |
| Finnish | 2,595 | 7% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Ellinor 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.
In German, weibl. Vom., Nebenform von
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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1945 | 52 |
| 1946 | 66 |
| 1947 | 56 |
| 1948 | 57 |
| 1949 | 40 |
| 1950 | 61 |
| 1951 | 47 |
| 1952 | 57 |
| 1953 | 60 |
| 1954 | 57 |
| 1955 | 49 |
| 1956 | 45 |
| 1957 | 47 |
| 1958 | 33 |
| 1959 | 34 |
| 1960 | 32 |
| 1961 | 33 |
| 1962 | 22 |
| 1963 | 17 |
| 1964 | 21 |
| 1965 | 20 |
| 1966 | 16 |
| 1967 | 18 |
| 1968 | 18 |
| 1969 | 16 |
| 1970 | 19 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1972 | 17 |
| 1973 | 10 |
| 1974 | 8 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1977 | 11 |
| 1978 | 8 |
| 1979 | 11 |
| 1980 | 8 |
| 1981 | 10 |
| 1982 | 5 |
| 1983 | 11 |
| 1984 | 5 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1986 | 6 |
| 1987 | 11 |
| 1988 | 6 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 12 |
| 1991 | 9 |
| 1992 | 11 |
| 1993 | 12 |
| 1994 | 15 |
| 1995 | 14 |
| 1996 | 13 |
| 1997 | 14 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 17 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 12 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2006 | 29 |
| 2007 | 37 |
| 2008 | 34 |
| 2009 | 49 |
| 2010 | 71 |
| 2011 | 56 |
| 2012 | 63 |
| 2013 | 79 |
| 2014 | 102 |
| 2015 | 114 |
| 2016 | 121 |
| 2017 | 116 |
| 2018 | 124 |
| 2019 | 162 |
| 2020 | 194 |
| 2021 | 170 |
| 2022 | 210 |
| 2023 | 237 |
| 2024 | 268 |
| 2025 | 308 |
NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 81 years between 1945–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Ellinor Davenport Adamsb. 1859GBBritish journalist and author
- Ellinor Vanderveerb. 1886USAmerican actress (1886-1976)
- Mary Ellinor Lucy Archerb. 1893AUAustralian librarian and botanist (1893-1979)
- Cynthia Spencer, Countess Spencerb. 1897GBnot in their usual nameBritish countess (1897-1972); paternal grandmother of Diana, Princess of Wales
- Ellinor Hamsunb. 1916NONorwegian actress (1916–1987)
- Ellinor Taubeb. 1930SESwedish painter (1930-1998)
- Susanna Roxmanb. 1946SEnot in their usual nameSwedish writer, poet, critic (1946-2015)
- Johanna Sällströmb. 1974SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress (1974-2007)
- Erika Lustb. 1977SEnot in their usual nameSwedish pornographic film director
- Elliphantb. 1985SEnot in their usual nameSwedish singer
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●
Attested in 36 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 14K | #320 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 13K | #320 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 6K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 5.9K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 5.9K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 5.8K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 5.8K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 5.7K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 5.6K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 5.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 5.5K | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 5.4K | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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 2026-09-12 data build · 287 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Ellinor?
- Our records include 33,259 bearers of Ellinor across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Ellinor have the most bearers?
- Ellinor is most frequently recorded in Norway.
- Is Ellinor a male or female name?
- Ellinor 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 Ellinor mean?
- Recorded meaning: Ellinor (m.fl. former) är en engelsk form av → Eleonora.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ellinor”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.