At a Glance
- Origin
- Old Provençal (uncertain root, German/Provençal form)
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- el-eh-oh-NOR-uh
Eleonore is an Old Provençal (uncertain root, German/Provençal form) girl's name. It appears in our list of 175+ German Baby Girl Names That Are Quietly Making a Comeback.
Meaning & Origin of Eleonore
Origin: Old Provençal (uncertain root, German/Provençal form).
A common claim: Light Actually: Eleonore is widely said to mean 'light,' which comes from an outdated link to the Greek name Helen. Most modern scholarship instead favors an unrelated, still-uncertain Provençal origin ('alia Aenor'), not 'light.'
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Eleonore
el-eh-oh-NOR-uhIPA /eleoˈnoːrə/
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