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| gender = Female
| meaning = "the other (Aenor)"
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| origin = Provençal/French
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{{otheruses4|the first name|the short story by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]|Eleonora (short story)}}
'''Eleanor''' (sometimes spelt '''Elinor''', '''Eleanore''', or '''Elynor''') is a female [[given name]]. The first known bearer of the name was [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]. She was named after her mother, Ænor de Châtellerault, and called ''"Aliénor"'', (from ''"Alia-Aenor"''), which means ''"other-Aenor"'' in the ''langue d'oc'' ([[Occitan language]]), it became ''"Eléanor"'' in the northern ''[[Langue d'oïl]]'' and in English. Therefore the meaning of the name is sometimes given as "The Other".
"Ænor" is a Provençal name, coming from ''lenire'' "to heal" and ''adoucir'' "to soften".
In English the name is sometimes connected to [[Elena]], [[Ellen]] or [[Elaine (given name)|Elaine]] (→ [[Helen (given name)|Helen]], [[Helene (name)|Helene]]) as well. It could be connected to the Greek ''eleos'' meaning "compassion" as well.
In medieval Arabic the similar sounding name "Allahu Nuri" (Allahu Nooree) means "God is my light". The modern version is Nurullah (Noorullah) which means "light of God".
The similar Hebrew name Eliora is a feminine form of Elior, meaning "my God is light".
More recently [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] created an alternative meaning for this name using his made up [[Elvish#Tolkien.27s Elvish languages|Elvish language]] [[Quenya]]. In his novel ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' Elanor means "sun-star" (''el'': star, and ''anor'': sun), and is the name of a golden five-pointed flower that grows in the woods of [[Lothlórien]] and the given name of a golden-haired child.
There are also many variants in other languages.
==First names that can be interpreted as Eleanor in [[English language|English]]==
* Eleonore [[German language|German]]
* Ελεωνόρα (''Eleōnora'') [[Greek language|Greek]]
* Eleonóra [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], [[Slovak language|Slovak]]
* Eleonora [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Swedish language|Swedish]]
* Leonor [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]
* Elinor [[Hebrew Language|Hebrew]], [[Welsh Language|Welsh]]
* Eleonora [[Italian language|Italian]]
* Alinah [[Malay language|Malay]]
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==Notable Eleanors==
* Several [[queen consort|queens]] are known as [[Queen Eleanor]], most notably [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]]
* The [[Infanta Leonor of Spain]]
* [[Helena of Constantinople|Saint Helen]] is sometimes referred to as Saint Eleanor.
* [[Eleonora (short story)|Eleonora]] by [[Edgar Allan Poe]]
* [[Eleanor Boardman]], American [[actor|actress]]
* [[Eleanor Bron]], British [[actor|actress]] and [[author]]
* [[Eleonora Dziekiewicz]], Polish volleyball player
* [[Elinor Fair]], American [[actor|actress]]
* [[Eleanor Marx]], [[writer]] and daughter of [[Karl Marx]]
* [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], the activist, diplomat, and wife and [[First Lady]] of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
* [[Eleanor Powell]], a tap-dance legend
* [[Eleanor Rigby]], the fictional titular subject of a 1966 song by [[The Beatles]]; although she is fictional, a gravestone bearing the name Eleanor Rigby exists in a church in the band's birthplace of [[Liverpool]]
*[[Elinor Dashwood]], the heroine of [[Jane Austen]]'s popular novel, ''[[Sense and Sensibility]]''
* [[Eleanor Murray]]
* [[Eleanor Moore]]
* [[Ms. Butterbean|Eleanor Butterbean]] a character of [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]].
* [[Eleanor Friedberger]], vocalist of [[New York]] [[indie rock]] band [[The Fiery Furnaces]]
* [[Eleanor Hapeshi]], was Under Seven Chess Suprema in Gloucestershire UK Land Chess Challenge 2007 and Joint winner of the Under 7 UK Land Chess Challenge, for Northern England 2007. On the 10th May 2008 she won the title of Under-8 Suprema in the UK Land Chess Challenge in Gloucestershire.
==Other uses of Eleanor==
* [[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]] have recently released a song titled '[[Eleanor Put Your Boots On]]'.
* [[Jet (band)|Jet]] have recently released a song titled 'Eleanor'.
* [[The Turtles]] released a song titled 'Elenore' in 1968.
* [[Eleanor (1973 Ford Mustang)|Eleanor]] is also the codename for the legendary [[Ford Mustang|Mustangs]] seen in both versions of the film [[Gone in 60 Seconds]]: in the original 1974 version, Eleanor is a [[Eleanor (1973 Ford Mustang)|1973 Mach 1 coupe]], while in the [[Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000 film)|2000 remake]], Eleanor is a modified 1967 [[Shelby Mustang|Shelby GT500]].
* [[The Beatles]] released a song titled 'Eleanor Rigby' on the album [[Revolver]].
* Eleanor, Youngest of [[The Chipettes]].
* [[Lady Eleanor]] is a song written by Alan Hull which featured on the first Lindisfarne album, Nicely out of Tune, and was released as a single in 1970
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[[de:Eleonore]]
[[de:Elenor]]
[[it:Eleonora]]
[[hu:Eleonóra]]
[[nl:Eleonora]]
[[ja:エレオノーレ]]
[[pl:Eleonora]]
[[ru:Элеонора]]
[[sk:Eleonóra]]
[[sv:Eleonora]]
[[fr:Aliénor]]