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Middle names in France are usually given after ancestors and family members, and it's not unusual to find the occasional female family name given to a male child. So Eleonore may have been your ancestor's grandmother, or aunt, or cousin.

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For example:
http://www.behindthename.com/bb/baby/4524926 - this is a list of recent birth announcements; amongst the male names you'll find a boy with the middle name Isabelle.