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Lenor
How to Pronounce Lenor
Pronounced luh-NOR /lษหnษหr/Medium
Meaning: Lenor is a short form of Lenore, itself a contraction of Eleanor. Eleanor comes through Old French from the Occitan Alienor, a name of uncertain meaning that later writers often linked, by folk association, to light. Lenor keeps the graceful sound of that lineage in a trim spelling.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Lenor is a clipped form of Lenore, the poetic shortening of Eleanor. Eleanor traces to the Occitan Alienor, whose true meaning is uncertain though it is often loosely tied to light. Lenor appears sparingly in American records, a spare and lyrical variant carried along by the wider Eleanor family.
Lenor was never common in the United States, reaching only about twenty girls a year around its high point in 1954 and staying scarce otherwise. A woman named Lenor then is in her sixties or seventies today.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Lenor mean?
It is a short form of Lenore and Eleanor, a name of Occitan origin whose meaning is uncertain, often glossed as light.
How do you pronounce Lenor?
It is said luh-NOR /lษหnษหr/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Lenor a boy or girl name?
Lenor is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Lenor?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-fifties.