Eleanora (name)

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Billie Holiday is the stage name of American jazz singer Eleanora Fagan
GenderFemale
Language(s)Italian, Swedish
Origin
Word/nameGreek
Other names
Variant form(s)Eleonora
Related names Eleanor

Eleanora or Eleonora is a female given name, a variant of the name Eleanor.

Notable people with the name include:

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