A female given name, also spelled Leonora or Lenore; made famous by literary works and historical figures.
From the Old German name 'Leonora,' ultimately derived from the Latin 'leo' (lion) plus a feminine ending. It means 'shining lion' or 'bright lion' and traveled through Germanic languages to English.
The name Lenora became especially famous from Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'Lenore' about a beautiful woman lost to death—Poe gave the name a haunting, romantic quality that writers still reference today. Names themselves tell stories about what cultures valued: 'Leo' means lion, so a 'Leonora' was meant to be brave and noble!
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