Lenore

Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /lə.ˈnɔɹ/(American English) /lə.ˈnɔː/(British English)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

Short form of Eleanor. This is the name of the departed love of the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven (1845).

Related Names

VariantsElea, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Lenora, Nell, Nelle, Nora, Norah, Leanora
DiminutivesNellie, Nelly
Other Languages & CulturesEleonora(Bulgarian) Ellinor, Ella, Nora(Danish) Eleonora, Ellen, Noor, Noortje, Nora(Dutch) Eleonoora, Ella, Elli, Nelli, Noora(Finnish) Aliénor, Eléonore, Nelly(French) Eleonora, Eleonore, Lore, Ella, Leonore, Nora(German) Eleonora(Greek) Eleonóra, Ella, Nóra(Hungarian) Eleonora, Leonora, Nora, Norina(Italian) Eleonora, Nora(Latvian) Eleonora(Lithuanian) Ellinor, Ella, Nora(Norwegian) Alienòr(Occitan) Eleonora(Polish) Leonor(Portuguese) Eleonora, Nelli, Nelya(Russian) Eilionoir, Eilidh(Scottish Gaelic) Eleonóra(Slovak) Leonor, Nora(Spanish) Eleonor, Eleonora, Ellinor, Ella, Nellie, Nelly, Nora(Swedish) Eleonora, Nelli, Nelya(Ukrainian)
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Entry updated December 1, 2024