Elenore as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elenore

What is the meaning of the name Elenore ?

The baby name Elenore is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈɛlənɔr/ (EL-ə-nor).

Elenore is Old French in Origin.

Elenore is a streamlined variant of Eleanor, which entered English via Old French and Occitan Alienor. The name likely arose to distinguish a daughter from her mother Aenor (Latin alia Aenor, "the other Aenor"), though many associate it with Greek Helene, "torch; light." It gained renown through Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine in the 12th century and remained common across Europe, later enjoying revivals in the 18th-19th centuries; Elenore as a spelling belongs to the later English trend toward simplified, phonetic forms.

Related forms include Eleanor, Eleanore, Elinor, Elenor, and Elinore in English; Eleonore and Leonore in French; Eleonora and Leonora in Italian and Central/Eastern Europe; and Leonor in Spanish and Portuguese. Diminutives and cognates such as Lenore and Nora also appear. The prevailing meanings offered are "light, torch, bright one," or, by the Occitan-Latin explanation, "the other Aenor." Elenore carries the name's historic grace while feeling distinctive and contemporary.