Eleanor
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- [ EL-ə-nawr ]
- English
From the Old French form of the Occitan name Aliénor. It was first borne by the influential Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), who was the queen of Louis VII, the king of France, and later Henry II, the king of England. She was named Aenor after her mother, and was called by the Occitan phrase alia Aenor "the other AENOR" in order to distinguish her from her mother.... [more]
 | AENOR female Ancient Germanic (Latinized) Probably a Latinized form of a Germanic name of unknown meaning. This was the name of the mother of Eleanor of Aquitaine. | |||||||||||||||||||
| EQUIVALENTS |
| BULGARIAN: Eleonora |
| DANISH: Eleonora, Ellinor |
| DUTCH: Eleonora |
| ENGLISH: Eleanora, Eleanore, Elenora, Elinor, Elnora |
| FINNISH: Eleonoora, Eleonora |
| FRENCH: Eléonore |
| GERMAN: Eleonora, Eleonore |
| HUNGARIAN: Eleonóra |
| ITALIAN: Eleonora |
| NORWEGIAN: Eleonora, Ellinor |
| OCCITAN: Aliénor |
| POLISH: Eleonora |
| PORTUGUESE: Leonor |
| SCOTTISH: Eilionoir |
| SPANISH: Leonor |
| SWEDISH: Eleonor, Eleonora, Ellinor |
| DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
| DANISH: Ella, Nora |
| DUTCH: Ellen, Noor, Noortje, Nora |
| ENGLISH: Elea, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Leanora, Lenora, Lenore, Nell, Nelle, Nellie, Nelly, Nonie, Nora, Norah, Noreen, Norene |
| FINNISH: Ella, Elli, Noora |
| GERMAN: Leonore, Lore, Nora |
| HUNGARIAN: Nóra |
| ITALIAN: Leonora, Lora, Lorita, Nora, Norina |
| LIMBURGISH: Noor, Noortje |
| NORWEGIAN: Ella, Nora |
| SCOTTISH: Eilidh |
| SWEDISH: Ella, Nora |
| OTHER FORMS |
| ANCIENT GERMANIC: Aenor |
| ENGLISH: Nelda |