http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:49:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-29366 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:03:28 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-29366 [...] Eleanor – She’s not a happy figure, dying lonely at the end of the song, but the haunting song is certainly memorable. [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-29322 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:04:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-29322 [...] has all the markings of a stylish moniker.  Her sound fits right in with Amelia, Stella and Eleanor – strong, smart, creative names for a daughter that wear well throughout life.  And while she [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-28806 Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:03:45 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-28806 [...] Emma, she’s perfectly reasonable for much of the Middle Ages.  But Eleanor, Elinora, or Elysande might be more in the [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-28064 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:24:57 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-28064 My name is Eleanor. I used to really hate my name, but when I started looking up meanings it actually started to grow on me. Now I’m proud to carry it.
I get so many variations of my name, the most common being Nelly, then Nell, one person calls me Ellie, and one calls me “Spaganella”. I really don’t know where that came from!
I love that I share a name with Eleanor Roosevelt, and aspire to be like her one day.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-28015 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:04:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-28015 [...] of course, Eleni has impeccably classic roots – she’s derived from Helen.  With Elena, Eleanor, and Helena all feeling current at the moment, Eleni is both striking different and appealingly [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-27094 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:03:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-27094 [...] hearing everywhere.  She occupies a space formerly owned by Charlotte, and slowly being vacated by Eleanor – the go-to name for parents seeking something enduring, but not as common as [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-23660 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:36:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-23660 [...] a literary place name, but if you’re looking for a literary E name, there’s also Eleanor or Elinor – not quite as unexpected, but still distinctively [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-23267 Sun, 14 Aug 2011 18:00:42 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-23267 My husband loves Eleanora. I’m happy I married a man with good taste in names but I just don’t like it. I prefer Annora to Eleanor(a). A major reason for that being is it has no known meaning.

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-22207 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 07:06:38 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-22207 [...] derived from ali – a Germanic element meaning foreign or other.  Remember the evolution of Eleanor?  Plenty of other meanings have been suggested, mostly based on other names that could use Ella as [...]

]]> http://appellationmountain.net/2009/01/18/name-of-the-day-eleanor/#comment-22050 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:36:13 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=1449#comment-22050 [...] the masculine choices for future sons, and look elsewhere for a daughter’s name.  Grandma Eleanor, [...]

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