1. Origin

2. Notable people

3. Fictional characters

4. Music

5. See also

6. References

Eleanor (usually pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|l|ə|n|ɔːr}} in North America but {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɛ|l|ə|n|ər}} elsewhere; short form Leonor and variants) is a feminine given name. It was the name of a number of women of the high nobility in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages, originally from a Provençal name Aliénor.

In modern times, the name was popularly given in the United States in the 1910s to 1920s, peaking at rank 25 in 1920. It declined below rank 600 by the 1970s, but has again risen above rank 150 in the early 2010s.{{cn|date=December 2018}}

Common hypocorisms include Ella, Ellie, Elly, Leonor, Leonora, Leonore, Nell, Nella, Nellie, Nelly, Nora (name), etc.

Origin

The name derives from the Provençal name Aliénor which became Eléanor or Eleonore in the northern Langue d'oïl and from there also to English.^[1]

The origin of the name is somewhat unclear; one of the earliest bearers appears to be 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" in childhood and would have kept that name in adult life. The name Aénor itself may be a Latinization of an unknown Germanic name.^[2]

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,^[3]

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, the wife (m. 935) of Aimery II viscount of Thouars and mother of Herbert I (b. 960).{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
2. Alienor, the grandmother of Aénor of Châtellerault, and thus Eleanor of Aquitaine's own great-grandmother, born c. 1050 as a daughter of Aimery IV of Thouars. Her name is also recorded as Ainora, and may have been corrupted to Alienor in genealogies only after the 12th century.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}
3. Eleanor of Normandy (11th century), aunt of William the Conqueror, was so named by the 17th-century genealogist Pierre de Guibours, but de Guibours' sources for this remain unknown and the application of this name may be a mistake of his.^&91;4&93;
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 a two years' war (1142–44) in Champagne.

Notable people

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 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 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
• Leonor Telles de Menezes (1350–1386), wife of Ferdinand I of Portugal
• 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
• 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)
• John/Eleanor Rykener, a 14th-century transvestite prostitute

Modern

• Eleanor Anne Porden (1795–1825), English poet
• Ellinor Aiki (1893–1969), Estonian painter
• Eleanor Bodel (born 1948), Swedish singer
• Eleanor Gwynn (known colloquially as "Nell") (1650-1687), Restoration actress and mistress of Charles II of England
• Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, its reigning queen 1719-1720
• Eleonora, three 17th century Swedish queens consort
• Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Swedish princess
• Eleanor Maria Easterbrook Ames (1831-1908), American writer, publisher
• Eleanor Marx (1855–1898), British writer and daughter of Karl Marx
• Elinor Glyn (1864–1943), British novelist
• Eleanor Porter (1868–1920), American novelist
• Eleanor Rathbone (1872–1946), British politician
• Elinore Pruitt Stewart (1876–1933), American homesteader in Wyoming and memoirist
• Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1881-1950), British garden designer
• Eleanor Farjeon (1881–1965), British writer
• Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962), First Lady of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt
• Eleanor Lansing Dulles (1895–1996), American economist and diplomat
• Elinor Wylie (1885–1928), American writer
• Eleanor Boardman (1898–1991), American actress
• Elinor Fair (1903–1957), American actress
• Eleanor Audley (1905–1991), American actress
• Eleanor Hibbert (1906–1993), British novelist
• Elinor Smith (1911–2010), American aviator
• Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), American tap dancer and actress
• Eleanor Parker (1922-2013), American actress
• Eleanor Helin (1932–2009), American astronomer
• Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political scientist and Nobel prize winner
• Eleanor Duckworth (born 1935), Canadian psychologist and educator
• Elinor Donahue (born 1937), American actress
• Eleanor Holmes Norton (born 1937), American politician
• Eleanor Bron (born 1938), British actress and author
• Eleanor Montgomery (1946–2013), American high jumper
• Eleanor McEvoy (born 1967), Irish musician, singer/songwriter
• Eleanor Friedberger (born 1976), American musician
• Eleonora Dziekiewicz (born 1978), Polish volleyball player
• Eleanor James (born 1986), English actress
• Eleonora "Ellen" van Dijk (born 1987), Dutch road and track cyclist
• Elinor Joseph (born 1991), Israeli soldier
• Eleanor Tomlinson (born 1992), English actress
• Eleonore von Habsburg (born 1994), Austrian model
• Eleanor Lee (born 1999), Singaporean actress, singer and model
• Eleanor Worthington Cox (born 2001), English actress
• Elleanor Eldridge (1784/85 - ca. 1845), African American/Native American entrepreneur

Fictional characters

• Elanor Gardner, Samwise Gamgee's daughter in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

• Eleanor Butterbean, in the television series The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
• Eleanor Douglas, in the 2013 young adult novel, Eleanor & Park, written by Rainbow Rowell.
• Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, in the 1985 novel Contact by Carl Sagan
• 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 Nash, in Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Eleanor Savage, fictional 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 of Tristain, fictional character in the novels and anime The Familiar of Zero
• Eleanora, principal woman's rôle in Strindberg's 1901 Easter
• Elenore Baker, supporting character in the anime Madlax
• Elinor Dashwood, in the 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
• Eleanor Tilney, in the 1803 novel Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
• Elinor Tyrell, handmaid to Margaery Tyrell in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
• Elle Woods, lead character in Legally Blonde
• Ellie Bishop, in the television series NCIS
• Ellie Woodcomb aka Eleanor "Ellie" Bartowski-Woodcomb, in the television series Chuck (TV series)

Music

• "Elenore," a 1968 song by The Turtles.
• "Eleanor Rigby," a 1966 song by The Beatles.
• "Lady Eleanor," a 1971 song by Lindisfarne.
• "Eleanor Put Your Boots On", a 2006 song by Franz Ferdinand.

See also

• {{lookfrom|Eleanor}}
• {{lookfrom|Elinor}}
• {{lookfrom|Elenor}}
• {{lookfrom|Elynor}}

References

• List of shipwrecks in February 1827
• List of shipwrecks in February 1828
• List of shipwrecks in February 1829
• List of shipwrecks in February 1830
• List of shipwrecks in February 1831
• List of shipwrecks in February 1832
• List of shipwrecks in February 1833
• List of shipwrecks in February 1834
• List of shipwrecks in February 1835
• List of shipwrecks in February 1836
• List of shipwrecks in February 1837
• List of shipwrecks in February 1838
• List of shipwrecks in February 1839
• List of shipwrecks in February 1840
• List of shipwrecks in February 1841
• List of shipwrecks in February 1842
• List of shipwrecks in February 1843
• List of shipwrecks in February 1844
• List of shipwrecks in February 1845
• List of shipwrecks in February 1846
• List of shipwrecks in February 1847
• List of shipwrecks in February 1848
• List of shipwrecks in February 1849
• List of shipwrecks in February 1850
• List of shipwrecks in February 1851