Eleanora

Eleanora is an elaborated Latinate form of Eleanor, itself of uncertain ultimate origin, though it was possibly brought to France from Provence by the Frankish settlers and may derive from the Germanic element alja meaning other or foreign. The name gained widespread use across medieval Europe largely through the influence of Eleanor of Aquitaine, the powerful twelfth-century queen consort of both France and England. Eleanora became particularly fashionable in Italian and Scandinavian contexts as a refined variant. Related forms include Eleanor, Elena, Elinor, and Leonora.