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Elnora M. Gilfoyle is an American retired occupational therapist, researcher, educator, and university administrator. She worked at several hospitals before accepting a professorship at Colorado State University, later serving as Dean of the College of Applied Human Sciences and Provost/Academic Vice President at that university. She is also a past president of the American Occupational Therapy Association. With research interests in child development, developmental disabilities, and child abuse, she has led studies on the state and federal levels. The co-author of two books and many articles, she was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1996.
Not bad, right? I mean, I just discovered the existence of this name, I had not heard of it in my life, but I do not dislike it at all. Eleanor has many versions and you can choose the one you like the most. Personally, I prefer more Lenora or Lenore, or Elinor too, but Elnora is pretty too. More adult, simple and mysterious. It would be a cool name for a witch.
I don’t know why, but I think of a mermaid whenever I hear the name Elnora.
I've never heard this name before. I think Nora is better.
In 2018, 86 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Elnora who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 2, 054th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
Elnora E. Monroe Babcock (1852 -1934) fought for women's legal right to vote in the US.
Elnora is also a contracted form of Italian Eleonora, known to mean "Foreign; The Other."
Lenora flows better, but Elnora is more modest and unexpected. You don't see/hear this name often. Sweet, simple and old-fashioned, is my personal impression.
I actually kind of like this name, although I do always think of that poor girl from "Limberlost" when I hear it.
Gene Stratton-Porter's 1909 novel 'A Girl of the Limberlost' is about a girl named Elnora Comstock.

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