Meaning  The name Eleanor has the following meaning: Light. Remains highly visible throughout the years due to the legendary beauty of Helen of Troy. Her beauty caused her to be abducted, leading to the Trojan War. As the saying goes, she was "the face that launched a thousand ships". The name stayed popular throughout the ages, spawning many famous personalities such as Helen Keller and Helen Reddy.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls. Popularity
As a baby girl name, Eleanor is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 309 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).
In 2009, the name Eleanor rose in popularity, moving up the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 37 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 218 in the Top 1000 charts.
The following chart shows the popularity of the name Eleanor in the USA, over the past 100 years.
Origins Related names The following names are baby names related to Eleanor and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Eleanor: Boys - Alek, Dardanus, Myron, Girls - Daira, Thalia, Both genders - Agnes, Alpha, Andra, Andrew, Angel, BarbaraVariants The name Eleanor is a variant of Helen. Other popular variants of the name Helen are: Alena (Russian), Alyena (Russian), Eileen (Irish), Elaina, Elaine (English), Eleanor (French), Eleaonora (Swedish), Elena (Spanish), Elina (Russian), Eliora (Israeli), Ellen (Dutch), Elna (Danish), Haliana (Polish), Halina (Polish), Helena (Latin), Helene (French), Hellen (English), Helli (Finnish), Ilona (Hungarian), Lene (Norwegian) Style We think the name Eleanor should fall under the following style category: Traditional. See other Traditional girl namesImpression Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Eleanor to be: A pretty upper-class woman who is well-educatedIn one word, you might describe Eleanor as a(n) " well-educated" person. See other "well-educated" names for girls. |
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Meaning of name Eleanor
