Elenora

  • [ el-ə-NAWR-ə ]
  • English
Form of ELEANOR.

ELEANOR   female   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.

The popularity of the name Eleanor in England during the Middle Ages was due to the fame of Eleanor of Aquitaine, as well as two queens of the following century: Eleanor of Provence, the wife of Henry III, and Eleanor of Castile, the wife of Edward I. More recently, it was borne by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), the wife of American president Franklin Roosevelt.
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: Eleanor, Eleanora, Eleanore, 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