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Elinor

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Meaning and origin
Elinor is a English girl name. The meaning of the name is `Torch`.


Where is it used?
The name Elinor is mainly used in English.

It is an abbreviated form of
Leonora, used in Italian.
Leonore, used in German.
Lenore, used in English.


How do they say it elsewhere?
Leonor (In Spanish and in Portuguese)
Eleonora (In Italian)
Eleonore (In German)
Eléonore (In French)
Helen (In English)
Eleanor (In English)
Eleanora (In English)
Eleanore (In English)
Eleonor (In English)
Elenora (In English)


If it's too long people might use
In English: Ellie
In Other languages: Elea


See also
In Irish, English and in Scandinavian: Nora (F)
In English: Nelle (F)
In English: Nell (F)
In English: Nellie (F)
In English: Nelly (F)


Extra information:
From Old English.

What Elinor`s say about their name
  1. The best thing about the name Elinor:
    It's unusual, and people usually love it once realise it's spelt differently.
    The worst thing about the name:
    Everywhere you go, people will assume your name is Eleanor, Elena or Helena.
    If my name wasn`t Elinor....:
    Wouldn't change it for the world.
    Extra information:
    Sharing a name with an Austen character is pretty cool :)
  2. The best thing about the name Elinor:
    It's unusual, so it's memorable
    The worst thing about the name:
    everybody spells it like ellinor where i come from
    If my name wasn`t Elinor....:
    Louise
    Extra information:
    somehow I think it sounds romantic
  3. The best thing about the name Elinor:
    It's unique in it's frequency of use and spelling
    The worst thing about the name:
    Everyone wants to spell it Eleanor.
    If my name wasn`t Elinor....:
    who cares, I love it
    Extra information:
    I love it when people shorten it to Ellie!
  4. The best thing about the name Elinor:
    nothing
    The worst thing about the name:
    old fashioned name only old ladies have
    If my name wasn`t Elinor....:
    Stephanie
    Extra information:
  5. The best thing about the name Elinor:
    Elinor mean A pretty girl in chinese so name your child Elinor ^^
    The worst thing about the name:
    Not much people are called Elinor :(
    If my name wasn`t Elinor....:
    If my name wasent Elinor i will like to be called Kelly because i think it is a nice name
    Extra information:


More `Elinor` links
Elinor as abbreviation
Actors named Elinor
Elinor in the encyclopedia





Statistics for Elinor

Elinor doesn`t appear in 2007`s top-1000 name list.
The last time Elinor appeared in the top-1000 was 58 years ago, in 1950. It ranked #972 in that year. . 1920 was a `top year` for the name Elinor. (Based on 128 years of name history) In that year it ranked #257. Our records go back to 1880

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See also the US top 1000 names 2007

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Josephine
I think Elinor is a very pretty name, it seems like a royal name.If my name wasn't Josephine I would like it to be Elinor.It will come back into fashion, but who cares, a classic name is better than a faddish one.


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