Eleanor

For other uses, see Eleanor (disambiguation).

Eleanor

Queen Eleanor of Provence

Pronunciation| /ˈɛlənər, -nɔːr/
Gender| Female
Language(s)| French and English
Origin
Region of origin| Southern France
Other names
Variant form(s)| Eleonore, Eleanora, Eleonora, Eléonore, Elanor, Elinor
(see Variants section)
Nickname(s)| Nora, Ella, Ellie, Elle, El, Nell, Nellie, Nelly

Eleanor (/ˈɛlənər, -nɔːr/) 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 Anglosphere during the first half of the 20th century, but declined in use until the late 20th century and first decades of the 21st century. It has been a well-used name in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand during the 2020s.[1] Eleanor was the third most popular name for newborn girls born to white mothers in the U.S. state of Virginia in 2024, but was a less popular name for girls born to mothers from other groups. Eleanor was the ninth most popular name overall for newborn girls in Virginia in 2024.[2]

Eleanor Roosevelt, the longest-serving first lady of the U.S., was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history.

Spelling variants include Elanor, Eleonore, Elinor, Ellenor and others. A common variant is Eleonora/Eleanora. Common hypocorisms include Eleana, Elle, Ella, Ellie, Elly, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Nella, Nellie, Nelly, and Nora.

## Origin

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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):

1. Alienor, wife (b. 899) (married 935) of Aimery II, Viscount of Thouars, and mother of Herbert I (born 960).[6]
2. 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]
3. 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]
4. 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

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* 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
* Turkish: Elanur
* Welsh: Elinor

## Notable people

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### People with the given name Eleanor

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####  Medieval

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* 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

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* 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 Widener Dixon (1891-1966), American socialite and philanthropist
* 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 Scoones (1981–2023), English television director and producer
* Eleanor Mary Dennistoun Sellar (1829–1918), Scottish memoirist
* 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 Elkins Widener (c. 1862-1937), American heiress and philanthropist
* Eleanor Wong, 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

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* Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1881–1950), British garden designer

### People with the given name Elenore

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* Elenore Abbott (1875–1935), American painter and book illustrator
* Elenore Freedman (1926–2022), American educator
* Elenore Pepper (1924–2006), American field hockey player
* Elenore Sturko, Canadian politician

### People with the given name Eleonore

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* Eleonore of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653–1697), wife of firstly Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki and secondly Charles V, Duke of Lorraine
* Fredrique Eleonore Baptiste (died 1827), Swedish stage actress and playwright
* Eleonore Batthyány-Strattmann (1672–1741), Viennese court lady
* Eleonore Baur (1885–1981), early member of the Nazi Party
* Catherine Éléonore Bénard (1740–1769), French lady-in-waiting
* Eleonore Bjartveit (1924–2002), Norwegian politician
* 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
* Éléonore-Aglaé-Marie Despierres (1843–1895), French historian
* Éléonore Goldberg, French-Canadian writer and artist
* Ulrikke Eleonore Sigwardt Greve (1868–1951), Norwegian textile artist
* Eleonore Heerwart (1835–1911), German kindergarten teacher, educator and writer
* Eleonore Hendricks (born 1983), American actress, photographer and casting director
* Eleonore Hutzel (1884–1978), nurse and social worker in Detroit, Michigan
* Hyacinthe Eléonore Klosé (1808–1880), French clarinet player, professor, composer
* 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
* Éléonore Yayi Ladekan, Beninese politician and educator
* Éléonore Loiselle (born 2001), Canadian actress
* 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 Poelsleitner (born 1920), female guard at the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria
* Eleonore Prochaska (1785–1813), German female soldier in the Prussian army against Napoleon
* 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 Staimer (1906–1998), German Communist Party activist and official
* 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
* Luise Eleonore Wreech (1708–1784), Prussian noblewoman
* Eleanore Wurtzel (b.1954), American biologist

### People with the given name Elinor

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* 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 Hammarskjöld (born 1967), Swedish lawyer and diplomat
* 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

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* Elinore Blaisdell (1900–1994), American illustrator
* Elinore Denniston (1900–1978), American writer of more than 40 mystery novels under the pseudonym Rae Foley
* Elinore Johansson (born 1996), Swedish handball player
* Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist
* Elinore Schöpp, former German curler

### People with the given name Elleanor

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* Elleanor Eldridge (c.1784-c.1845), African American/Native American entrepreneur

### People with the given name Eleonora

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* 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

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* Ellinor Davenport Adams, British journalist and writer
* Ellinor Aiki (1893–1969), Estonian painter
* Mary Ellinor Lucy Archer MBE (1893–1979), Australian scientist and librarian
* Ellinor Eriksson (born 1988), Swedish Social Democratic politician
* 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 Jåma (born 1979), Norwegian Sami politician in the Sami Parliament of Norway
* Ellinor Ljungros (born 1953), former female long-distance runner from Sweden
* Ellinor Olovsdotter (born 1985), known as Elliphant, Swedish singer, rapper and songwriter
* Ellinor Peerschke (1954–2023), American scientist
* Ellinor Catherine Cunningham van Someren OBE (1915–1998), Ugandan-born British medical entomologist
* 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

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* Ellinore Lightbody (born 1959), British tennis coach and former professional player

## Fictional characters

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* 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, 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
* 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

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* All pages with titles beginning with Eleanor
* All pages with titles beginning with Elenor
* All pages with titles beginning with Eleonore
* All pages with titles beginning with Elinor
* Eleanora (disambiguation)

## Explanatory notes

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1. ^ 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

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1. ^ https://www.behindthename.com/name/eleanor
2. ^ https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/blog/2025/05/02/virginia-department-of-health-and-office-of-vital-records-release-top-baby-names-for-2024-other-interesting-virginia-birth-data/
3. ^ Yonge, C.M. (1863). History of Christian Names. Parker, Son, and Bourn.
4. ^ behindthename.com
5. ^ The suggestion of alia Aenor was considered "ridiculous" by Gilles Ménage in his Histoire De Sable (1683, p. 70).
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ See George Beech in Brown (ed.) Proceedings of the Battle Conference 1986 (1989), p. 8 fn 29.
8. ^ 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

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* The dictionary definition of Eleanor at Wiktionary

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