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Name Hellenore
Gender Feminine
Usage English (Rare), Literature
Pronounced Pron. HEL-en-or (English)
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Meaning & History
Borne by a character in Edmund Spenser's 1590 masterpiece, The Faerie Queene.
Hellenore is the young and beautiful wife of an old miser, Malbecco. Hellenore's name is very likely meant to be an elaboration of the name HELEN, as the text implies a connection between Hellenore and Helen of Troy.
Hellenore is the young and beautiful wife of an old miser, Malbecco. Hellenore's name is very likely meant to be an elaboration of the name HELEN, as the text implies a connection between Hellenore and Helen of Troy.