Eleanor
Eleanor Pronunciation Gender Female Language(s) French and 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.[ 1] 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 . In 2022, it was the 43rd most popular name given to girls in Canada.[ 2]
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.[ 3]
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.[ 4]
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,[ 5] 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).[ 6]
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
Catalan : Elionor
Danish : Ellinor, Leonora
Dutch , Polish , Latvian : Eleonora
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, Eleonora, Leonora
Irish : Eileanóra, Elienor[ 8]
Italian : Eleonora, Leonora
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 Alburquerque (1374–1435), Castilian noblewoman, Countess of Alburquerque and wife of Ferdinand I of Aragorn
Eleanor of Anjou (1289–1341), daughter of Charles II of Naples and Mary of Hungary , and wife of Frederick III of Sicily
Eleanor of Aquitaine (c. 1122–1204), wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England , mother of Richard I and King John
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1358–1382), wife of John I of Castile
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus (1333–1417), wife of Peter I of Cyprus
Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1402–1445), wife of Edward I of Portugal
Eleanor of Arborea (1347–1404), Sardinian judge
Eleanor of Austria (1498–1558), Queen consort of Portugal (1516–1521) and of France (1530–1547)
Eleanor of Brittany (abbess) (1285–1342), granddaughter of Eleanor of Provence and Henry III, and later Abbess of Fontevraud
Eleanor of Castile (1307–1359), wife of Alfonso IV of Aragon
Eleanor of Castile (1202–1244), wife of James I of Aragon
Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290), wife of Edward I of England, mother of Edward II
Eleanor of Castile (died 1416), wife of Charles III of Navarre
Eleanor of Champagne (1102–1147), wife of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois
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 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 England, Queen of Castile (1161–1214), daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine; wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile
Eleanor of Lancaster (1318–1372), Lady Beaumont and Countess of Arundel
Eleanor of Naples (1450–1493), wife of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479), wife of Gaston IV, Count of Foix
Eleanor of Normandy (b. 1011/1013, d. after 1071), daughter of Richard II of Normandy
Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (1434–1467), wife of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark (1211–1231), Portuguese infanta and wife of Valdemar the Young
Eleanor of Provence (1222–1291), wife of Henry III of England , mother of Edward I
Eleanor of Scotland (1433–1480), wife of Sigismund, Archduke of Austria
Eleanor of Sicily (1349–1375), wife of Peter IV of Aragon
Eleanor of Toledo (1522–1562), Spanish noblewoman and Duchess and Regent of Florence (1539)
Eleanor of Viseu (1458–1525), wife of John II of Portugal
Eleanor of Woodstock (1318–1355), daughter of Edward II, wife of Reynold II, Count of Gelderland
Eleanor Butler, Countess of Desmond (c. 1545 – 1636), wife of Gerald FitzGerald
Eleanor Clifford, Countess of Cumberland (1519–1547), wife of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland
Eleanor de Bohun (1366–1399), Duchess of Gloucester, Duchess of Aumale, Countess of Buckingham and Countess of Essex
Eleanor de Bohun (1304– 1363), Countess of Ormonde
Eleanor de Clare (1292–1337), granddaughter of Edward I of England and wife of Hugh Despenser the Younger
Eleanor de Guzmán (1310–1351), Castilian noblewoman and mistress of Alfonso XI of Castile
Eleanor de' Medici (1567–1611), Duchess of Mantua by marriage to Vincenzo I Gonzaga
Eleanor de Montfort (1252–1282), Princess of Wales and Lady of Snowdon, wife of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd
Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois (c. 1149–1213)
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester (1400–1452), mistress and then second wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester , sentenced to life imprisonment for treasonable necromancy
Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1184–1241), daughter of Geoffrey, Duke of Brittany
Eleanor FitzAlan (c. 1284 – July/August 1328), wife of Henry de Percy, 1st Baron Percy
Eleanor Holland, Countess of Salisbury (1386 – after 1413), wife of Thomas Montagu, 4th Earl of Salisbury
John/Eleanor Rykener , a 14th-century (possibly transgender ) prostitute
Modern
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 Barooshian (1950–2016), American musician
Eleanor Boardman (1898–1991), American actress
Eleanor Bodel (born 1948), Swedish singer
Eleanor Bron (born 1938), British actress and author
Eleanor Butler, Lady Wicklow (1914–1997), British architect and politician
Eleanor Kearny Carr (1840–1912), American political hostess
Eleanor Chesnut (1868–1905), American Christian medical missionary and translator who worked in China
Eleanor Clark (1913–1996), American writer
Eleanor Coade (1733–1821), British businesswoman
Eleanor Gladys Copenhaver (1896–1985), American social worker and activist
Eleanor Coppola (1936–2024), American documentary filmmaker
Eleanor Dale (born 2002), English footballer
Eleanor Duckworth (born 1935), Canadian psychologist and educator
Eleanor Eden (1777–1851), Countess of Buckinghamshire
Eleanor Estes (1906–1988), American children's writer
Eleanor Evans (1893–1969), British singer, actress and stage director
Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), American economist and diplomat
Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), British writer
Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale (1872–1945), British artist
Eleanor Friedberger (born 1976), American musician
Eleanor Garatti (1909–1998), American swimmer
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 Heartney (born 1954), American art critic
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 Ireland (born 1926), British computer scientist
Eleanor James (born 1986), British actress
Eleanor Josaitis (1931–2011), American civil rights activist
Eleanor Jourdain (1863–1924), British academic
Eleanor Kasrils (1936–2009), Scottish-South African anti-apartheid activist
Eleanor Campbell King (1906–1991), American modern dancer and choreographer
Eleanor Warwick King (born 1957), British appellate court judge
Eleanor Knott (1886–1975), Irish scholar, academic and lexicographer
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-Japanese actress
Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (1889–1967), American author and the youngest daughter of United States President Woodrow Wilson
Eleanor McEvoy (born 1967), Irish musician, singer/songwriter
Eleanor Southey Baker McLaglan (1879–1969), New Zealander medical doctor
Eleanor Mears (1917–1992), Scottish medical practitioner and campaigner
Eleanor Modrakowska (1879–1955), American painter
Eleanor Mondale , American actress, infotainer, television personality
Eleanor Montague (1926–2018), American radiologist and educator who established breast-conserving therapy in the United States
Eleanor Montgomery (1946–2013), American high jumper
Eleanor Mosley (born 1700), English milliner and businesswoman
Eleanor Munro (1928–2022), American art critic, art historian, writer, and editor
Eleanor Nabwiso , Ugandan actress, producer, director and television personality
Eleanor Legasto Nishiumi , known as Ellen Nishiumi (born 1966), Filipino television personality
Eleanor Norcross (1854–1923), American painter
Eleanor Nwadinobi , Nigerian medical doctor and women's health activist
Eleanor Oldroyd (born 1962), British radio broadcaster
Eleanor O'Meara (died 2000), Canadian figure skater
Eleanor Anne Ormerod (1828–1901), British entomologist
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 Sayre (1916–2001), American curator and art historian
Eleanor Simmonds (born 1994), British former Paralympian swimmer
Eleanor Smart (born 1995), American high diver
Eleanor Smeal (born 1939), American women's rights activist
Eleanor Smith (born 1957), British politician
Eleanor Soltau (1877–1962), English doctor
Ellie Taylor (born 1983), British comedian, television personality, actress, and writer
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 Vachell (1879–1948), Welsh botanist
Eleanor Vadala (1923–2023), American chemist, materials engineer and balloonist
Eleanor Wong (musician) , pianist and professor in Hong Kong
Eleanor Woodruff (1891–1980), American stage and silent screen actress
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 of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653–1697), wife of firstly Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki and secondly Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann (1672–1741), Viennese court lady
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
Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne (1787–1868), French mistress of Emperor Napoleon I of France
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
Eleanor Ragsdale (1926–1998), American educator, entrepreneur, and activist
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
Eleanore Wurtzel (b.1954), American biologist
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 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 Levin (born 1987), American politician
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 Peerschke (1954–2023), American scientist
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
Eleanor Rigby , Main character in the Beatles Song of the same name.
Ella of Frell, full name Eleanor from the Juvenille Chapter Book, Ella Enchanted , written by Gail Carson Levine.
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
Eleanor (automobile) , a car in the 1974 film *Gone in 60 Seconds*, and another in the 2000 remake
Elenore Baker , supporting character in the anime Madlax
Eleanor Bishop, Kate Bishop 's mother in Hawkeye
Ellie Bishop , in the television series NCIS
Eleanor Bonneville, a supporting character from the movie Jigsaw (2017 film)
Eleanor Buller, a side character in the television series Friday Night Dinner
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
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 novel 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 video game The Last of Us
Eleanor, recurring antagonist in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise, first appearing in the story To Be Beautiful
See also
Explanatory 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.[ 7]
References
^ behindthename.com (US statistics)
^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)" . Statistics Canada . Retrieved 2024-08-25 .
^ 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 .
External links
The dictionary definition of Eleanor at Wiktionary