Given name & surname
Elmore
“from the moor of the elm trees”
Elmore is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the moor of the elm trees.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “from the moor of the elm trees.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English Ailmer, from Old English Æþelmær.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elmore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,967
- 3,957 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 131 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 131 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 939 as a first name in 2020; 24,664 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elmore’s family of names
Elmore has a related form in Ellmoor. Elmore has a related form in Ellmore. Elmore has a related form in Elmoor.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Elmore
- Elmore LeonardAmerican novelist and screenwriter (1925–2013)
- Elmore JamesAmerican blues musician (1918–1963)
- Elmore SmithAmerican basketball player (born 1949)
- Elmore SpencerAmerican basketball player (born 1969)
- Elmore Y. SarlesAmerican politician (1859–1929)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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