Elinor is a girl's name of Irish and Celtic origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 144 girls in the United States.
Elinor belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Elinor first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #252 in 1916, and in 2024 144 babies received the name — 21,496 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Elinor is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Irish and Celtic origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Elinor is a girl name. In 2024, 144 babies received the name in the US.
Elinor comes from the Irish & Celtic tradition.
Elinor first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #252 in 1916, and 144 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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