Are you running out of ideas for naming your baby? This old queen’s first name, which should make a comeback this year, might please you. We tell you everything!
If some parents want to give a chic, old and original name to their little girl, we may have found one that will make you happy. It’s Eleanor! It is one of the rare medieval first names which should be popular in 2024 in France, according to the latest version of The Official First Namespublished in September 2023.
The first name Eleanor became popular thanks to Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine, the wife of King Louis VII and Queen of France in the 12th century. Repudiated by her first husband, she then married the future king of England, Henry II, and then bore her husband’s title. She had eight children, the best known of whom were Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland. The young woman was particularly renowned for her great beauty.
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Aliénor, an increasingly popular first name (especially in these French regions)
This pretty first name returned to the forefront of the French scene between the mid-1990s and the beginning of the 2000s. It then disappeared from the radar. But 2024 should be the year of its big comeback! Indeed, according to The Official First Names, it is skyrocketing and should reach the top 300 most common French female names in a short time! On the rise in recent years, it is for the moment in 2022 that Aliénor has been the most popular with 297 attributions.
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More particularly given in Paris, Occitanie (especially in Provence) and the Basque Country, it is characterized by logic, diplomacy, sociability, decision-making and receptivity. This retro first name has a double origin: it means “compassion” in Greek, but it can also be compared to the Arabic term “elinor” which means “God is light”.
What is the character of the Eleanors?
The Eleanors are women with a strong character, frank and overflowing with energy. They are very courageous but can also be very emotional, moody and prone to stress. This does not prevent them from being extremely friendly, charming and very popular with everyone.
Dreamers and ambitious, they are also fragile, angry and easily influenced, which reveals a certain lack of maturity. They hate lies, hypocrisy and injustice. They are very people-oriented people, who are always helpful and take friendship very seriously. Also very flirtatious, Eleanors like to please and attract attention. In their love life, they are guided by their idealistic side and tend to delude themselves, which can sometimes lead them to big disappointments.
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