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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Leonore

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Shining light. Variant of Eleanor.

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Leonore

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1928 (rank #869, 70 births); most recent 2025 (rank #11932, 7 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20257
20248
20237
20226
2021–
202010
20197
2018–
20175
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #3147, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5925, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20253
20245
2023–
20227
2021–
20205
20193
20187
20174
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #338, 182 births); most recent 2023 (rank #345, 167 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023167
2022168
2021181
2020175
2019168
2018182
2017159
2016146
2015147
2014148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence