How do you spell eleanor

Perhaps that is one reason it fell out of use? I do like it, but I'm not offended. I was just confused. I hadn't made the alien connection. I don't feel I can use Eleanor which I love for a future daughter because it's too close to my first daughter's name, Elena. But I am considering Alianor this spelling for a future daughter, with nn Nora. I also love the Catalan Elionor. I love the scholarship here! I'm kind of also loving the idea of Alia- as a potential super frilly feminine version of -son: Alianne, Aliamichelle, Aliessica, Alisabelle, etc.

Very pretty. I have just been watching Game of Thrones and now realise why the similar sounding Aria is so popular! TV really does get into people's brains! If we'd have used the name, we'd have gone with Elinor - I like the stripped down simplicity of it, plus the Jane Austen connection. Both Eleanor and Elinor are legitimate spellings, but as Miriam pointed out neither is the original. I do think most people will expect it to be spelled Eleanor, but Elinor is a known and fairly phonetic spelling as well.

Either way you'll likely have to spell it for people at least some of the time. I prefer neither. I prefer Elenor, which is my sister's name. Eleanor has an unesscesary letter, and I don't like the look of Elinor. This could all be because I'm used to my sister's name, but I still will always prefer Elenor. Elinor was my mother's name. They married in and Elinor was born in Don't know why they chose that spelling.

I also remember her step mother was named "Danberouse" not sure of the spelling but it meant Dangerous in Languidoc whis what was spoken in the Aquitane back then.

That naming story is essentially a medieval urban legend. The name Eleanor is documented long before the birth of Eleanor of Aquitane. Dangereuse Dangerosa in Poitevin de l'Isle Bouchard was Eleanor of Aquitaine's maternal grandmother, not a stepmother.

Dangereuse the dangerous one was a nickname not her baptismal name referring to her infamous love affair with William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, considered the earliest of the troubadours.

Eleanor's mother Aenor was the daughter of "Dangereuse" and her husband Aimery of Chatellerault, and Aenor married William X, Duke of Aquitaine, the son of her mother's lover and his wife Philippa of Toulouse. The scandal of Dangereuse and William IX would be considered lurid even by today's standards and would be well worth a historical novel although I don't know of one.

I taught William IX's poetry in a unit on the troubadours, and they are x-rated enough to make both me and the students blush. Languedoc and Languedoeil are two dialect areas in medieval France. They are distinguished by their words for 'yes'--oc in the south and oeil ancestor of the modern oui in the north. The dialect language Languedoeil is properly known as Old French and because it was the language of Paris and environs it developed into Modern French.

Because Languedoc is also a geographical term, referring to French provinces, the language is more commonly referred to as Provencal or better, Occitan. Occitan is still spoken today by a fraction of the population of southern France. Occitan is very similar to Catalonian as spoken in the area of Barcelona.

As already pionted out both spellings have a long history. I chose Elinor for daughter number two born in Nov. We have had no problems at all with spelling and only one mispronunciation. She was called El-ner by a receptionist. I think Elinor would constantly be correcting others about the spelling. I think either spelling is fine, honestly, and I do like Elinor as a spelling But I think you just have to be comfortable knowing that it won't ever be the more common or more accepted spelling.

I'm probably in the minority here, but I've always preferred Elinor. I just like the look of it better. Search for a Name. Replies 1. By sapphire By Miriam. By HungarianNameGeek. By lucubratrix. The ones I can think of offhand are literary inventions like Miranda and Stella. By sharalyns.

By Lturtle. By Never Say Never. Interesting book, and title ;- Thanks for writing that out, and to all who have contributed to this mini mystery of what is quite a popular name. I am so glad that Alienor fell out of use! Why, do you like it or something? If you feel a message or content violates these standards and would like to request its removal please submit the following information and our moderating team will respond shortly.

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