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View Name: Lenore


LENORE
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English
PRONOUNCED: lÉ™-NAWR   [key]
Meaning & History
Short form of ELEANOR. This was the name of the departed love of the narrator in Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Raven' (1845).
Related Names
DIMINUTIVES: Nella, Nellie, Nelly, Nelda
OTHER LANGUAGES: Ella, Nora (Danish), Ellen, Noor, Noortje, Nora (Dutch), Elli, Noora (Finnish), Leonore, Lore, Nora (German), Leonora, Lora, Nora, Lorita, Norina (Italian), Ella, Nora (Norwegian), Eilidh (Scottish), Ella, Nora (Swedish)
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