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Leonor

Rooted in Spanish, Leonor is a girl's name that means "Spanish/Portuguese variant of Eleanor". It has cooled since its 1920s peak, though it is still chosen today. As things stand now, it is a rare find in the registry. 1929 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.

SpanishSpanish/Portuguese variant of Eleanor
EtymologyMeaning "light"
Births by decade
1900s
136
1910s
422
1920s
804
1930s
550
1940s
506
1950s
549
1960s
598
1970s
578
1980s
447
1990s
445
2000s
324
2010s
273
Peaked in the 1920s · 5,632 total U.S. births since 1900