Elinor - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Elinor \e-li-nor\ is a variant of Eleanor (Greek) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Elinor is "sun ray, shining light".

The baby name Elinor sounds like Ellinor, Elinore, Elenor and Elanor. Other similar baby names are Eline, Elnora, Ellinore, Elliner, Ellenor, Elienore, Elienora, Elianore, Elianora, Eleonor, Elenore, Elenora, Allinor, Alenor, Elin, Elina, Elinda, Eliora and Elined.

Elinor is a very common first name for women (#798 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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