Eleanor
Queen Eleanor of Provence
Pronunciation Gender Female Language(s) French/English Region of origin
Southern France Variant form(s) Eleonore,
Eleanora, Eleonora , Eléonore,
Elanor , Elinor (see
Variants section) Nickname(s) Nora, Ella, Ellie, Elle, El, Nell, Nellie, Nelly
Eleanor () is a feminine
given name , originally from an
Old French adaptation of the Old
Provençal name Aliénor . It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the
High Middle Ages .
The name was introduced to England by
Eleanor of Aquitaine , who came to marry
King Henry II . It was also borne by
Eleanor of Provence , who became
Queen consort of England as the wife of
King Henry III , and
Eleanor of Castile , wife of
Edward I .
The name was popular in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s, peaking at rank 25 in 1920. It declined below 600 by the 1970s but has again risen in popularity. It ranked 32nd in the 2010s. It ranked 16th on the popularity chart for names given to newborn girls in the United States in 2022.
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Eleanor Roosevelt , the longest-serving first lady of the U.S., was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history. A common variant is
Eleonora/Eleanora .
Common
hypocorisms include
Elle ,
Ella ,
Ellie, Elly ,
Leonor ,
Leonora ,
Leonore ,
Nella ,
Nellie, Nelly , and
Nora .
Origin
Further information:
Aenor
The name derives from the
Provençal name Aliénor, which became Eléonore in
Langue d'oïl , i.e., French, and from there Eleanor in English.
[2]
The origin of the name is somewhat unclear; one of the earliest bearers appears to have been
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1120s–1204). She was the daughter of
Aénor de Châtellerault , and it has been suggested that having been baptized
Aenor after her mother, she was called alia Aenor , i.e. "the other Aenor" or Aliénor in childhood and would have kept that name in adult life.
Some sources say that the name Aénor itself may be a Latinization of an unknown Germanic name.
[3]
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the most powerful woman in 12th century Europe, was certainly the reason for the name's later popularity. However, the name's origin with her, and the explanation of alia Aenor is uncertain; there are records of possible bearers of the name Alienor earlier in the 12th, or even in the 11th or 10th centuries,
[4]
but the records of these women post-date Eleanor of Aquitaine, at a time when Alienor had come to be seen as an equivalent variant of the name
Aenor (so that presumably, these women during their own lifetime used the given name Aenor):
Alienor, wife (b. 899) (married 935) of Aimery II,
Viscount of Thouars , and mother of Herbert I (born 960).
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Aleanor de Thouars (1050-1088/93), grandmother of
Aénor of Châtellerault , and thus Eleanor of Aquitaine's great-grandmother. Born c. 1060 as a daughter of
Aimery IV of Thouars and Aurengarde de Mauleon. Her name is also cited in some documents as Adenor, Aenors and Aleanor/Alienor, and may have been corrupted to Alienor in genealogies only after the 12th century.[
citation needed ]
Eleanor of Normandy , aunt of William the Conqueror, was so named by the 17th-century genealogist
Pierre de Guibours , but de Guibours' sources for this remain unknown.
[a]
Eleanor of Champagne (1102–1147), in 1125 became the first wife of
Ralph I, Count of Vermandois , who was displaced by Eleanor of Aquitaine's sister
Petronilla of Aquitaine , leading to war (1142–44) in Champagne.
Variants
Breton : Azenor
Danish : Ellinor, Leonora
English : Eleanor, Elinor
Estonian : Eleonoora, Ellinor
French : Eléonore, Éléonore, Léonore, Elléonore, Eléanor, Éléanor, Éléanore, Aliénor, Aénor
German : Eleonore
Greek : Ελεονώρα
Hungarian ,
Slovak : Eleonóra
Indonesian : Eleanor
Irish : Eileanóra, Elienor
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Italian : Eleonora, Leonora
Dutch ,
Polish ,
Latvian : Eleonora
Occitan : Alienor, Alienòr
Portuguese : Leonora, Leonor
Provençal : Lenoa, Leno
Spanish : Leonor
Swedish : Eleanora, Ellinor, Elleonore, Elna
Welsh : Elinor
Notable people
People with the given name Eleanor
Medieval
Eleanor of Normandy (b. 1011/1013, d. after 1071), daughter of
Richard II of Normandy .
Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1122–1204), wife of
Louis VII of France and
Henry II of England , mother of
Richard I and
King John
Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (1161–1214), daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; wife of
Alfonso VIII of Castile
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184–1241), daughter of
Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany
Eleanor of Brittany (abbess) (1285-1342), granddaughter of
Eleanor of Provence and Henry III, and later Abbess of
Fontevraud
Eleanor of Castile (1202-1244) (1202–1244), wife of
James I of Aragon
Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215–1275), daughter of
King John of England , wife of
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Eleanor of Provence (1222–1291), wife of
Henry III of England , mother of
Edward I
Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290), wife of Edward I of England, mother of
Edward II
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269–1298), daughter of Edward I, betrothed to
Alfonso III of Aragon , and wife of
Henry III of Bar
Eleanor of Anjou (1289-1341), daughter of
Charles II of Naples and
Mary of Hungary , and wife of
Frederick III of Sicily
Eleanor de Clare (1292-1337), granddaughter of
Edward I of England and wife of
Hugh Despenser the Younger
Eleanor of Castile (1307-1359) (1307–1359), wife of
Alfonso IV of Aragon
Eleanor of Woodstock (1318–1355), daughter of Edward II, wife of Reynold II, Count of Gelderland
Eleanor of Arborea (1347 – 1404), Sardinian judge
Eleanor of Sicily (1349-1375), wife of
Peter IV of Aragon
Eleanor of Castile (d. 1416) (136x–1416), wife of
Charles III of Navarre
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402–1445) wife of
Edward I of Portugal
John/Eleanor Rykener , a 14th-century (possibly
transgender ) prostitute
Modern
Eleanor of Viseu (1458–1525), wife of
John II of Portugal
Eleanor of Austria (1498–1558), Queen consort of Portugal (1516–1521) and of France (1530–1547)
Eleanor of Toledo (1522–1562), Spanish noblewoman and Duchess and Regent of Florence (1539)
Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann (1672–1741), Viennese court lady
Eleanor Abrams (1885 - 1967), American painter
Eleanor Adviento (born 1995), New Zealand curler
Eleanor Alberga (born 1949), Jamaican contemporary music composer
Eleanor Ames, known as
Eleanor Kirk (1831–1908), American author, businesswoman, newspaper publisher, and suffragist
Eleanor Audley (1905–1991), American actress
Eleanor Boardman (1898–1991), American actress
Eleanor Bodel (born 1948), Swedish singer
Eleanor Bron (born 1938), British actress and author
Eleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912), American political hostess
Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), American writer
Eleanor Coppola (1936–2024), American documentary filmmaker
Eleanor Duckworth (born 1935), Canadian psychologist and educator
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), American economist and diplomat
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), British writer
Eleanor Friedberger (born 1976), American musician
Eleanor Glanville (1654–1709), English
entomologist and naturalist
Eleanor Gwynn (known colloquially as "Nell") (1650-1687), Restoration actress and mistress of Charles II of England
Eleanor Helin (1932–2009), American astronomer
Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993), British novelist
Eleanor Holm (1912–2004), American competition swimmer
Eleanor Holmes Norton (born 1937), American politician
Eleanor James (born 1986), English actress
Eleanor Campbell King (1906–1991), American modern dancer and choreographer
Eleanor Warwick King (born 1957), British appellate court judge
Eleanor Laing (born 1958), British politician
Eleanor Lee (born 1999), Singaporean actress, singer and model
Eleanor Agnes Lee (1841–1873), diarist, poet, and daughter of
Robert E. Lee
Eleanor Macomber (1801–1840), missionary, teacher
Eleanor Maguire (born 1970), Irish neuroscientist
Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), British writer and daughter of
Karl Marx
Eleanor Matsuura , British actress
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (1889-1967), American author and the youngest daughter of President U.S. Woodrow Wilson
Eleanor McEvoy (born 1967), Irish musician, singer/songwriter
Eleanor Mears (1917–1992), Scottish medical practitioner and campaigner
Eleanor Modrakowska (1879–1955), American painter
Eleanor Mondale , American actress, infotainer, television personality
Eleanor Montgomery (1946–2013), American high jumper
Eleanor Mosley (1700–?), English
milliner and businesswoman
Eleanor Munro (1928–2022), American art critic, art historian, writer, and editor
Eleanor Legasto Nishiumi , known as Ellen Nishiumi (born 1966), Filipino television personality
Eleanor Oldroyd (born 1962), British radio broadcaster
Eleanor O'Meara (died 2000), Canadian figure skater
Eleanor Owen (1921–2022), also known as Eleanor DeVito, American journalist, playwright, university professor, costume designer, theatre actress, and mental health professional
Eleanor Parker (1922-2013), American actress
Eleanor Patterson (born 1996), Australian track and field athlete who competes in the high jump
Eleanor Addison Phillips (1874–1952), English educationist and founder of the first UK Soroptimist movement, the Venture Club
Eleanor Pilgrim (born 1977), Welsh professional golfer
Eleanor Anne Porden (1795–1825), English poet
Eleanor Porter (1868–1920), American novelist
Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), American tap dancer and actress
Eleanor Race (born 1970), American field hockey player
Eleanor Rathbone (1872–1946), British politician
Eleanor Reeves (born 1980), British politician
Eleanor Robinson (born 1947), British former ultramarathon runner
Eleanor Butler Roosevelt (1888-1960), American philanthropist
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady of U.S., wife of President Franklin Roosevelt
Eleanor Ruggles (1916-2008), American biographer
Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves (born 1927), American librarian, educator, historian, and editor
Eleanor Ryan-Doyle (born 1998), Irish professional footballer
Eleanor Simmonds (born 1994), British former Paralympian swimmer
Eleanor Smart (born 1995), American high diver
Eleanor Smith (born 1957), British politician
Eleanor Soltau (1877–1962), English doctor
Eleanor Tennant (1895–1974), tennis player and coach from the U.S.
Eleanor Threlkeld (born 1998), English cricketer
Eleanor Tomlinson (born 1992), English actress
Eleanor Wong (musician) , pianist and professor in Hong Kong
Eleanor Worthington Cox (born 2001), English actress
People with the given name Eleanour
People with the given name Elenore
People with the given name Eleonore
Eleonore Büning (born 1952), German music journalist and writer
Eleonore Caburet (born 2004), French rhythmic gymnast
Eleonore Carboniers , Dutch poet
Éléonore Caroit (born 1985), French politician
Eleonore Cellard , French scholar
Eleonore Dailly , American filmmaker
Eleonore de Ahna (1838–1865), German operatic soprano/mezzo-soprano
Eleonore Heerwart (1835–1911), German kindergarten teacher, educator and writer
Eleonore Hendricks (born 1983), American actress, photographer and casting director
Eleonore Koch (1926–2018), German-born Brazilian painter and sculptor
Eleonore Marguerre (born 1978), German opera singer (coloratura soprano) with Belgic-French ancestors
Eleonore Merza , anthropologist who studies Adygean diaspora communities in Israel and beyond
Eleonore Noll-Hasenclever (1880–1925), German alpinist who mainly climbed in the Swiss Alps
Eleonore Pameijer (born 1960), Dutch flute player
Eleonore Pecanka (born 1956), Austrian field hockey player
Eleonore Schikaneder (1751–1821), Austrian stage actress and theatre manager
Eleonore Schoenfeld (1925–2007), American musician
Eleonore Schönborn (1920–2022), Austrian politician
Eleonore Schönmaier , Canadian poet and fiction writer.
Eleonore Schwarz (born 1936), Austrian singer
Eleonore Stump (born 1947), American philosopher
Eleonore Trefftz (1920–2017), German physicist
Eleonore von Grothaus (1734–1794), German noblewoman, a writer and poet, and a lay musician
Eleonore von Habsburg (born 1994), Austrian model
Eleonore von Raab , Austrian collector of minerals
Eleonore Weisgerber (born 1947), German television actress
People with the given name Elinor
Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), British oil painter, book illustrator and mural painter
Elinor Armer (born 1939), American pianist, music educator and composer
Elinor Barker (born 1994), Welsh road and track racing cyclist
Elinor Bellingham-Smith (1906–1988), British painter of landscapes and still life
Elinor Bennett (born 1943), Welsh harpist
Elinor Langton-Boyle , Hawaiian businesswoman and journalist
Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894–1969), English writer of children's literature
Elinor Burkett (born 1946), American journalist, author, film producer, and documentary director
Elinor Busby (born 1924), American science fiction writer and fanzine editor
Elinor Cahn (1925–2020), American photographer
Elinor Carucci (born 1971), Israeli-American photographer and educator
Evelyn May Clowes, known by the pseudonym
Elinor Mordaunt (1872–1942), English author, writer and traveller
Elinor Crawley (born 1991), Welsh actress
Elinor Darwin (1879–1954), Irish-born illustrator, engraver and portrait painter
Elinor DeWire (born 1953), American author, freelance writer, editor, public speaker, educator, and blogger based in Connecticut
Elinor Donahue (born 1937), American actress
Elinor Virginia Martin, known as
Elinor Fair (1903–1957), American actress
Elinor Fettiplace , English cookery book writer
Elinor Field (1902–1998), American film actress
Elinor Freer , American pianist
Elinor Gadon (1925–2018), American cultural historian, Indologist, art historian and author
Elinor Wight Gardner (1892–1980), geology lecturer at Bedford College, London and research fellow at Lady Margaret Hall
Elinor D. Gregg (1886–1970), American public nurse
Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), British novelist
Elinor Goldschmied (1910–2009), English educationalist
Elinor Gwynn , Welsh poet and environmentalist
Elinor Hallé (1856–1926), British sculptor and inventor
Elinor Hancock (1898–1942), American actress
Elinor Holt , Canadian voice actress
Elinor Lander Horwitz (1929–2022), American author of young adult and adult books
Elinor Mead Howells (1837–1910), American artist, architect and aristocrat
Elinor Joseph (born 1991), Israeli soldier
Elinor Kershaw (1884–1971), American stage and motion-picture actress
Elinor Macartney Lane (1864–1909), American novelist
Elinor Lawless (born 1983), Northern Irish actress
Elinor Leigh , British stage actor of the seventeenth century
Elinor Lipman (born 1950), American novelist, short story writer, and essayist
Elinor Lyon (1921–2008), English children's author from a Scottish family background
Elinor Mavor , editor of Amazing Stories and Fantastic from early 1979 until late 1981
Elinor Middlemiss (born 1967), Scottish badminton player
Elinor Ochs , American linguistic anthropologist, and Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at University of California, Los Angeles
Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political scientist and Nobel prize winner
Elinor Portnoy , Israeli-born glass artist based in London, England
Elinor Ross (1926–2020), American opera singer
Elinor Sauerwein (1914-2010), American philanthropist
Elinor Shaffer (born 1935), professor at the School of Advanced Study, University of London
Elinor Smith (1911–2010), American aviator
Elinor Sneshell , English barber-surgeon active during the reign of Elizabeth I of England
Elinor Snowsill (born 1989), Welsh rugby union player
Elinor Sullivan , American physiologist specializing in behavioural neuroscience
Elinor Sweetman , Irish poet and author
Elinor Meissner Traeger (1906–1983), American composer, pianist, and writer
Elinor Remick Warren (1900–1991), American composer of contemporary classical music and pianist
Elinor Whitney Field (1889–1980), American writer of children's books
Elinor Wilson , president of Assisted Human Reproduction Canada between February 14, 2007 and September 30, 2012
Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American writer
People with the given name Elinore
People with the given name Elleanor
People with the given name Eleonora
Eleonora Ernestina von Daun, Marquise of Pombal (1721–1789), second wife of Portuguese statesman Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Eleonora Abbagnato (born 1978), Italian ballet dancer, model, and actress
Eleonora Aguiari (born 1973), Italian installation artist and author
Eleonora Alverà (born 1982), Italian curler
Eleonora Alvisi (born 2003), Italian tennis player
Eleonora Bargili , Italian pastellist active during the eighteenth century
Eleonora Bentivoglio (1470-1540), Italian ruler, Lady of Sassuolo by marriage to Giberto III Pio di Savoia
Eleonora Bergman (born 1947), Polish architectural historian who has worked on the preservation of Jewish heritage in Poland
Eleonora Berlanda (born 1976), former Italian female middle-distance runner
Eleonora Bilotta , Italian researcher into complex systems and human–computer interaction
Eleonora Brigliadori (born 1960), Italian model, actress and television personality
Eleonora Brown (born 1948), Italian film actress
Eleonora Bruzual , Venezuelan writer and journalist
Eleonora Buratto (born 1982), Italian soprano opera singer
Eleonora Carrillo , Salvadoran model and beauty pageant titleholder
Eleonora Cassano (born 1965), Argentine ballet dancer and teacher
Eleonora Catsigeras (born 1956), Uruguayan mathematician
Eleonora Cecchini (born 2003), Sammarinese footballer
Eleonora Cortini (born 1992), Italian Soubrette, model, actress and television presenter
Eleonora Czartoryska (1710-1795), Polish princess, born Countess von Waldstein-Wartenberg
Eleonora Charlotta d'Albedyhll (1770–1835), Swedish countess, poet and salon holder
Eleonora Daniele (born 1976), Italian television presenter and former actress
Eleonora Davtyan (born 1992), Armenian professional footballer
Eleonora De Angelis (born 1967), Italian voice actress
Eleonora De Paolis (born 1986), Italian paracanoeist
Eleonora Di Nezza , Italian mathematician
Eleonora Dimakos , Greek-Canadian model, actress, journalist, makeup artist, esthetician, and spa manager
Eleonora Dominici (born 1996), Italian racewalker
Eleonora Dziękiewicz (born 1978), Polish volleyball player
Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress
Eleonora Ehrenbergová (1832–1912), Czech operatic soprano
Eleonora Eksanishvili (1919–2003), Georgian pianist, music educator and composer
Eleonora Gasparrini ((born 2002), Italian professional track and road cyclist
Eleonora Giorgi (born 1953), Italian actress
Eleonora Giorgi (racewalker) (born 1989), Italian race walker
Eleonora Goldoni (born 1996), Italian professional footballer
Eleonora Jenko Groyer (1879–1959), Slovenian physician
Eleonora Kaminskaitė (1951–1986), Lithuanian rower
Eleonora Kezhova (born 1985), retired Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Eleonora Kodele (born 1998), Slovenian handball player
Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 1979), Italian volleyball player
Eleonora Luthander (1954-2021), Swedish and Serbian poet, columnist and translator
Eleonora Marchiando (born 1997), Italian athlete
Eleonora Masalab (born 1988), Ukrainian model and beauty pageant titleholder
Eleonora Mihalca (born 1945), former international table tennis player from Romania
Eleonora Milusheva (born 1973), Bulgarian athlete
Eleonora Ramirez di Montalvo (1602–1659), Italian educator, author, and poet
Eleonora Monti , 18th-century Italian artist best known as a portraitist
Eleonora Oliva (born 1998), Italian professional footballer
Eleonora Patacchini , economist
Eleonora Patuzzo (born 1989), road cyclist from Italy
Eleonora Pedron (born 1982), Italian model and actress who was crowned Miss Italia 2002
Eleonora Piacezzi (born 1995), Italian professional footballer
Eleonora Requena (born 1968), Venezuelan poet
Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925–2007), Italian film actress
Eleonora Schmitt (born 1931), former Olympic freestyle swimmer from Brazil
Eleonora Sears (1881-1968), American tennis champion of the 1910s
Eleonora Soldo (born 1984), Italian road and track racing cyclist
Eleonora Säfström (1770–1857), Swedish stage actress
Eleonora Trivella (born 1990), Italian lightweight rower
Eleonora Troja , Italian astrophysicist
Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), Danish painter
Eleonora Vallone (born 1955), Italian actress, model and TV-personality
Eleonora "Ellen" van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist
Eleonora Vandi (born 1996), Italian middle-distance runner
Eleonora Vargas , Italian film actress
Eleonora Vegliante (born 1973), Venezuelan former professional tennis player
Eleonora Vild (born 1969) is a Serbian former basketball player
Eleonora Vindau (born 1986), Ukrainian soprano opera singer
Eleonora Vinnichenko (born 1993), Ukrainian former competitive figure skater
Eleonora Vinogradova (1931– 2003), Ukrainian choir director, educator, and professor
Eleonora von Essen (born 1978), Swedish food writer and cookbook author
Eleonora Wexler (born 1974), Argentine actress
Eleonora Ziemięcka (born 1819-1869), Polish philosopher and publicist
Eleonora Zouganeli (born 1983), Greek singer
Eleonora Zrza (1797–1862), Danish opera soprano
People with the given name Ellinor
Ellinor Davenport Adams , British journalist and writer
Ellinor Aiki (1893–1969), Estonian painter
Ellinor Flor (born 1946), Norwegian textile artist
Ellinor Franzén (born 1978), Swedish singer
Ellinor Hinks (1912-2004), Principal of Nonington College of Physical Education in Kent, UK
Ellinor Huusko (born 1996), Swedish professional racing cyclist
Ellinor Ljungros (born 1953), former female long-distance runner from Sweden
Ellinor Südow (born 1998), Swedish professional golfer
Ellinor Vanderveer (1886–1976), American actress
Ellinor Wachsmuth, known as
Ellinor Tordis (1895–1973), Austrian dancer and dance educator in Vienna in the 1920s
People with the given name Ellinore
Fictional characters
Ellenore, guest player character portrayed by
Marisha Ray in
L.A. by Night
Eleanor, supporting character in the video game
Rule of Rose
Eleanor, supporting character in the video game
The Walking Dead: A New Frontier
Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, in the 1985 novel
Contact by
Carl Sagan
Elenore Baker , supporting character in the anime
Madlax
Ellie Bishop , in the television series
NCIS
Eleanor Bonneville, a supporting character from the movie
Jigsaw (2017 film)
Eleanor Butterbean , in the television series
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Elinor Dashwood , in the 1811 novel
Sense and Sensibility by
Jane Austen
Eleanor Douglas, in the 2013 young adult novel
Eleanor & Park , written by Rainbow Rowell
Elanor Gardner, daughter of Samwise Gamgee in
J.R.R Tolkien 's
The Lord of the Rings
Princess Eleanor Matilda Henstridge, in the television series
The Royals
Eleanor Hume, a main character from the videogame
Tales of Berseria
Eleanor Lamb, one of the main protagonists of
BioShock 2 by
Irrational Games
Eleanor Miller , one of the members of the female chipmunk music artist band
The Chipettes
Ellie Nash , in
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Eleanor Oliphant, protagonist of
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Elinor Rabbit, the titular protagonist often accompanied by Olive and Ari in the animated
PBS Kids series
Elinor Wonders Why
Eleanor Savage, love interest, therapeutic friend, and conversational other to protagonist Amory Blaine in
F. Scott Fitzgerald 's
This Side of Paradise
Eleanor Shellstrop , the protagonist of American fantasy sitcom
The Good Place
Queen Elenoir Siegwald , a character in the Filipino
Webtoon series
Mage & Demon Queen
Eleanor "Miss Ellie" Southworth Ewing Farlow , the matriarch of the Ewing family in the CBS soap opera
Dallas
Eleanor Tilney, in the 1803 novel
Northanger Abbey by
Jane Austen
Eleanor of Tristain , in the novels and
anime
The Familiar of Zero
Elinor Tyrell, handmaid to
Margaery Tyrell in the
A Song of Ice and Fire series
Eleanor “Nell” Vance, in
The Haunting of Hill House
Eleanor Waldorf , mother of a protagonist,
Blair Waldorf , in TV series
Gossip Girl
Ellie Woodcomb , in the television series
Chuck
Queen Elinor, in the Disney/Pixar movie
Brave
Ellie William , in the Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive videogame
The Last of Us
See also
Look up
Eleanor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Notes
^ The first known source giving her name as Eleanor is apparently
Pierre de Guibours (died 1694). De Guibours claims to base this on the authority of
William of Jumièges , but the information is not actually found there, suggesting that de Guibours drew from another source which has not yet been identified.
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References
^
behindthename.com (US statistics)
^ Yonge, C.M. (1863).
History of Christian Names . Parker, Son, and Bourn.
^
behindthename.com
^ The suggestion of alia Aenor was considered "ridiculous" by
Gilles Ménage in his Histoire De Sable (1683,
p. 70 ).
^ Martin, T. (2012).
Reassessing the Roles of Women as 'Makers' of Medieval Art and Architecture (2 Vol. Set) . European History and Culture E-Books Online, Collection 2012, ISBN 9789004223257. Brill. p. 860.
ISBN
978-90-04-18555-5 .
^ See George Beech in Brown (ed.) Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1986 (1989),
p. 8 fn 29 .
^ Hanks, Patrick; Coates, Richard; McClure, Peter (17 November 2016).
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland . Oxford University Press. p. 828.
ISBN
978-0-19-252747-9 . Retrieved 5 November 2022 .