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Elinor

girl name · French origin · 3 syllables

Meaning

variant of Eleanor, meaning uncertain (traditionally light)

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Elinor peaked in the 1890s.

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