"Eleanor" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈɛlənɚ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Eleanor.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: The first known bearer was Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122–1204), Provençal Aliénor, perhaps from Latin alia (“other”) and her mother's name Aenor, its meaning thereby said to be “the other Aenor”. This Aenor seems to come from earlier Adenordis, which might be some corruption of Adamardis, feminine form of Ademar or Adamarus, from Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, from the Proto-Germanic elements *audaz (“riches”) + *mēraz (“fame”). An Arabic origin from ⁧نُور⁩ (nūr, “light”) has also been suggested. Eleanor has often been erroneously interpreted as a variant of Helen. More at Eleanor. Also see Aenor. Etymology templates: {{der|en|prv|Aliénor}} Provençal Aliénor, {{der|en|la|alia||other}} Latin alia (“other”), {{m|la|Adenordis}} Adenordis, {{m|la|Adamardis}} Adamardis, {{m|la|Adamarus}} Adamarus, {{der|en|gmw-pro|*Audamār}} Proto-West Germanic *Audamār, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{m|gem-pro|*audaz||riches}} *audaz (“riches”), {{m|gem-pro|*mēraz||fame}} *mēraz (“fame”), {{der|en|ar|-}} Arabic, {{m|ar|نُور||light}} ⁧نُور⁩ (nūr, “light”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Eleanor
  1. A female given name. Wikipedia link: Aenor Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Translations (female given name): Eleonora [feminine] (Czech), Eleonora (Danish), Eleonora [feminine] (Faroese), Eleonoora (Finnish), Éléonore (French), Aliénor [feminine] (French), Leonor [feminine] (Galician), Eleonore (German), Ελεονώρα (Eleonóra) [feminine] (Greek), Eleonóra (Hungarian), Eleonora (Italian), Eleonora [feminine] (Latvian), Eleonora (Norwegian), Eleonora [feminine] (Polish), Leonor (Portuguese), Элеоно́ра (Eleonóra) [feminine] (Russian), Э́линор (Élinor) [feminine] (Russian), Lianora (Sicilian), Eleonóra [feminine] (Slovak), Leonor (Spanish), Eleonora (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Eleanor-en-name-b1svBRzJ Related terms: Eleonora, Elinor, Ellie, Lenore, Leonora, Leonore, Nell, Nellie, Nelly, Rory, Nora, Norah

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