Elnora as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elnora

What is the meaning of the name Elnora ?

The baby name Elnora is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced el-NOR-ə (IPA: /ɛlˈnɔrə/).

Elnora is English in Origin.

Elnora is an English feminine given name, a late-19th-century American blend and variant of Eleanor/Eleonora and Lenora. The second element -nora overlaps with Nora, itself used as a short form of Eleanor or of Honora. Because Eleanor’s ultimate etymology is uncertain - likely from Old French/Occitan Aliénor and sometimes linked to Greek Helenē “torch, light” - Elnora is commonly interpreted as “light” or “honor,” though the latter reflects the Nora/Honora connection. Folk association with Hebrew El “God” exists but is not the source.

Documented in U.S. records from the 1880s, Elnora peaked in popularity in the early 1900s and is now a vintage rarity. Literary visibility came via Elnora Comstock in Gene Stratton-Porter’s A Girl of the Limberlost (1909). Related forms and cognates include Eleanor, Eleonora, Eleanora, Leonora, Lenora, Elinor, and Nora; less common spellings include Elenora and Elnorah. Nicknames: Ellie, Nell/Nellie, Nora, Nori, Leni.