At a Glance: Name: Eleonore – 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A common claim: Light Actually: Eleonore is widely said to mean 'light,' which comes from an outdated link to the Greek name Helen.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
Phonetic: el-eh-oh-NOR-uh IPA: /eleoˈnoːrə/
Popularity of Eleonore
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1882–2024.
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