Occitan girl names
Most widely given today: Ella, Nora and Eleanor.
9 girl names whose etymology traces to Occitan, with the rank in the home country where one publishes a list.
There is no single home country with a published list for Occitan names, so there is no home-country column.
from Eleanor,
perhaps other
Say it EL-uh
Occitan origin from Eleanor,
perhaps other
2 syllablesLoved in four German cities, Norway, Sweden and two more places. Common across Israel, the UK, Ireland and 16 more places. Rare in Poland and Italy.
1 in 109 girls born in Scotland in 2025
from Eleanor,
perhaps other
Say it NOR-uh
Occitan origin from Eleanor,
perhaps other
2 syllablesLoved in the Netherlands, Norway, Munich and five more places. Common across Ontario, Austria, British Columbia and 21 more places. Rare in Poland and Israel.
1 in 173 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
perhaps other
Say it EL-uh-nor
Occitan origin
perhaps other
3 syllablesCommon across Ontario, British Columbia, England and Wales and six more places. Rare in Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland and 12 more places.
1 in 326 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
from Eleanor,
perhaps other
Say it NOR-uh
Occitan origin from Eleanor,
perhaps other
2 syllablesCommon across the Netherlands, Ontario and British Columbia. Rare in Quebec, the UK, France and eight more places.
1 in 607 girls born in Northern Ireland in 2025
perhaps other
Say it ay-lay-oh-NOR
Occitan origin
perhaps other
4 syllablesCommon across Quebec and France. Rare in Switzerland, Austria, Berlin and five more places.
1 in 36,183 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
from Isabel,
my God is an oath
Say it iz-uh-BEL-uh
Roots in Spanish, Occitan, Latin, Greek and Hebrew from Isabel,
my God is an oath
4 syllablesCommon across Slovenia and Poland. Rare in three German cities, Austria, England and Wales and four more places.
1 in 9,742 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
from Eleanor,
perhaps other
Say it NEL
Occitan origin from Eleanor,
perhaps other
1 syllableRare in Ireland, the UK, Poland and four more places.
1 in 528 girls born in Ireland in 2025
from Eleanor,
perhaps other
Say it el-ay-oh-NOR-uh
Occitan origin from Eleanor,
perhaps other
5 syllablesCommon in Italy. Rare in five German cities, Austria, Sweden and seven more places.
1 in 3,521 girls born in Ireland in 2025
perhaps other
Say it ah-lyay-NOR
Occitan origin
perhaps other
3 syllablesRare in France, Quebec, Switzerland and one more place.
1 in 63,320 girls born in England and Wales in 2025