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, Éléonore, Nelly (French) Eleonora, Eleonore, Lore, Ella, Leonore, Nora (German) Eleonora (Greek) Eleonóra, Ella, Nóra (Hungarian) Eleonora, Leonora, Lorella, Loretta, Nora, Norina (Italian) Eleonora, Nellija, 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