Elaine

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Gender Feminine
Usage English, Arthurian Romance
Pronounced Pron. i-LAYN(English) ee-LAYN(English)

Meaning & History

From an Old French form of Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of Pelles, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian epic Idylls of the King (1859).