Elinor

Elinor is an English form of Eleanor, itself a medieval French rendering of the Occitan name Aliénor, whose precise origins are debated but may derive from the Germanic elements alja, meaning "other" or "foreign," combined with aner, meaning "man," or alternatively from the Greek Helenē. The name was brought to prominence in medieval Europe largely through Eleanor of Aquitaine, the influential 12th-century queen consort of both France and England. It appears in literature most notably as the sensible elder sister Elinor Dashwood in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Related forms include Eleanor, Elena, Ellen, and Eleonora.