Meaning & History
From Gonorilla, of unknown meaning. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gonorilla was the villainous eldest daughter of King Leir. When adapting the character for his play King Lear (1606), Shakespeare used the spelling Goneril.
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4/23/2024, 9:35 PM | Mike C | goneril | update #115 | |||
| 4/25/2021, 10:07 PM | Mike C | goneril | added (from user-submitted name 19714) | ||||
| 4/6/2019, 12:14 AM | SeaHorse15 | 19714 | |||||
| 4/10/2012, 4:30 PM | SeaHorse15 | 19714 | |||||
| 12/21/2011, 8:41 PM | SeaHorse15 | 19714 | |||||
| 3/11/2008, 2:50 PM | Mike C | 19714 | |||||
| 3/8/2008, 4:51 PM | anonymous |