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ArchivesRe: First name origin
in reply to a message by Lenora
Lenora is derived from Eleanor, about which the present database has this to say:
ELEANOR f English
French form of the Provençal name Alienor, which is most likely a Germanic name of unknown meaning, though it is possibly a form of HELEN. This name was borne by Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), the wife of both Louis VII, the king of France, and Henry II, the king of England.
ELEANOR f English
French form of the Provençal name Alienor, which is most likely a Germanic name of unknown meaning, though it is possibly a form of HELEN. This name was borne by Eleanor of Aquitaine (12th century), the wife of both Louis VII, the king of France, and Henry II, the king of England.
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