Given name
Eldor
“from the elder tree”
Eldor is a variant of Elder. One English interpretation is “from the elder tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Eldor is a variant of Elder. One English interpretation is “from the elder tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Eldor is a variant of Elder. An origin associated with Elder is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Eldor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 367
- 367 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Eldor
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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