Elora
Elora is a feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has become better known as the name of a child character in the 1988 fantasy film Willow. It might be a variant of the names Eliora, a Hebrew name meaning “God is my light”, or Elnora, an American combination of the names Ella and Nora.
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Meaning & Origin of Elora
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elora is a feminine given name of uncertain origin. It has become better known as the name of a child character in the 1988 fantasy film Willow. It might be a variant of the names Eliora, a Hebrew name meaning “God is my light”, or Elnora, an American combination of the names Ella and Nora.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Popular Culture
- English
The Story of Elora
Elora first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1898, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2026, when 915 Eloras were born — ranking #339 that year. As of 2026, Elora ranks #339 for baby girls with 915 births, rising sharply (+87% over the past five years). In total, more than 10K Eloras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1890s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Elora
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Elora. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Elora
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- Elora Gohor , Bangladeshi actress
- Elora Hardy (born 1980), Canadian designer and founder of the company IBUKU
- Élora Pattaro (born 1986), Brazilian fencer
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Names that sound like Elora
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About the name Elora
Elora is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 10K births in the dataset. Elora's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #339. Use the chart and map above to compare Elora's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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