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I've been doing a lot of research and this feminine name keeps turning up. Ellender/Elender/Elander... It's mostly from colonial Virginia and Eastern Kentucky. There is a lot of Scots/Irish heritage in the area and I'm curious if you think it's related to Eluned, or more closely related to Eleanor.
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I am working with the 1850 census of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, right now, and Ellender is turning up frequently there, too.
I doubt if it has anything to do with Eluned. It is probably a variation of Eleanor created partly by example from Alexander, and partly because "d" is often "intrusive" in English after "n". For example, the Old English words dwinan and thunor became the Middle English words dwindle and thunder.
I doubt if it has anything to do with Eluned. It is probably a variation of Eleanor created partly by example from Alexander, and partly because "d" is often "intrusive" in English after "n". For example, the Old English words dwinan and thunor became the Middle English words dwindle and thunder.
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Thank you very much!
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