Eleanora (name)

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

Last updated September 23, 2025

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

Notable people with the name include:

Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken (1626–1692), Swedish princess
Eleonora Luisa Gonzaga (1686–1741), Duchess of Rovere and Montefeltro as the wife of Francesco Maria de' Medici
Eleonora, Princess of Ligne (born 1953), wife of Michel, 14th Prince of Ligne
Eleonora Abbagnato(born 1978), Italian ballet dancer
Eleonora Aguiari, Italian installation artist and author
Eleonora Alverà (born 1982), Italian curler
Eleonora Alvisi (born 2003), Italian tennis player
Eleonora Archaia (born 1967), Georgian politician
Eleanora Armitage (1865–1961), British botanist and writer
Eleanora Atherton (1782–1870), English philanthropist
Eleonora Bargili, Italian artist
Eleonora Bechis (born 1974), Italian politician
Eleonora Bentivoglio, Italian ruler
Eleonora Bergman (born 1947), Polish architecture historian
Eleonora Berlanda (born 1976), Italian middle distance runner
Eleonora Bilotta, Italian complex systems researcher
Eleonora Brigliadori (born 1960), Italian model, actress and television personality
Eleanora Brown (born 1947), Italian film actress
Eleonora Bruzual, Venezuelan writer
Eleonora Buratto, Italian operatic soprano
Eleonora Carrillo, Salvadoran model
Eleanora Carus-Wilson (1897–1977), British economic historian
Eleonora Cassano (born 1965), Argentine ballet dancer and teacher
Eleonora Catsigeras, Uruguayan mathematician
Eleonora Cecchini (born 2003), Sammarinese football player
Eleonora Chiavarelli (1915–2010), wife of murdered Italian politician Aldo Moro
Eleonora Ciabocco (born 2004), Italian cyclist
Eleonora de Cisneros (1878–1934), American opera singer
Eleonora Cortini (born 1992), Italian showgirl, model, actress and television presenter
Eleonora Cybo (1523–1594), Italian noblewoman and writer
Eleonora Czartoryska (1710–1795), Polish magnate
Eleonora Daniele (born 1976), Italian actress and television presenter
Eleonora Davtyan (born 1992), Armenian professional footballer
Eleonora De Angelis (born 1967), Italian voice actress
Eleonora De Paolis (born 1986), Italian canoeist
Eleonora Di Nezza, Italian mathematician
Eleonora Dimakos, Canadian actor, model and journalist
Eleonora Dominici (born 1996), Italian racewalker
Eleonora Rossi Drago (1925–2007), Italian actress
Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress, often known simply as Duse
Eleonora Dziękiewicz (born 1978), Polish volleyball player
Eleonora Ehrenbergová (1832–1912), Czech operatic soprano
Eleonora von Essen (born 1978), Swedish food writer and cookbook author
Eleonora Evi (born 1983), Italian politician
Eleanora Fagan (1915–1959), birth name of American jazz singer Billie Holiday
Eleonora Fersino (born 2000), Italian volleyball player
Eleanora Fleury, Irish psychiatrist and early medical graduate
Eleonora Forenza (born 1976), Italian politician
Eleonora Gabrielian (born 1929), Armenian botanist
Eleonora Gaggero (born 2001), Italian actress and writer
Eleonora Gasparrini (born 2002), Italian cyclist
Eleonora Giorgi (1953–2025), Italian actress
Eleonora Giorgi (race walker) (born 1989), Italian racewalker
Eleonora Goldoni (born 1996), Italian footballer
Eleonora Gonzaga, several people
Eleonora Jenko Groyer (1879–1959), Slovene politician
Eleonora Hiltl (1905–1979), Austrian politician
Eleonora Hostasch (born 1944), Austrian politician and trade union leader
Eleonora Kaminskaitė (1951–1986), Lithuanian rower
Eleonora Kezhova (born 1985), Bulgarian rhythmic gymnast
Eleanora Knopf (1883–1974), American geologist
Eleonora Kodele (born 1998), Slovenian handball player
Eleonora Kruger, Romanov impostor
Eleonora Lo Bianco (born 1979), Italian volleyball player
Eleonora Marchiando (born 1997), Italian sprinter
Eleonora Masalab (born 1988), Ukrainian beauty pageant contestant
Eleonora Meleti (born 1978), Greek journalist
Eleonora de Mendonça (born 1948), Brazilian long distance runner
Eleonora Mihalca, Romanian table tennis player
Eleonora Milusheva (born 1973), Bulgarian high jumper
Eleonora Mitrofanova (born 1953), Russian politician and diplomat
Eléonora Molinaro (born 2000), Luxembourgish tennis player
Eleonora Monti, Italian painter
Eleonora Oliva (born 1998), Italian footballer
Eleonora Patacchini, American economist
Eleonora Patuzzo (born 1989), Italian cyclist
Eleonora Pedron (born 1982), Italian model and actress
Eleonora Piacezzi (born 1995), Italian footballer
Eleonora Requena, Venezuelan poet
Eleonora Romanova (born 1998), Ukrainian-Russian rhythmic gymnast
Eleonora Säfström (1770–1857), Swedish opera singer
Eleonora Schmitt (born 1931), Brazilian swimmer
Eleonora Sears (1881–1968), American tennis player
Eleonora Mildred Sidgwick (1845–1936), British psychic researcher
Eleonora Soldo (born 1984), Italian cyclist
Eleanora E. Tate, American author and educator
Eleonora Trivella (born 1990), Italian female rower
Eleonora Troja, Italian astrophysicist
Eleonora Tscherning (1817–1890), Danish painter
Eleonora Vallone (born 1953), Italian actress, model and television personality
Eleonora Vandi (born 1996), Italian middle-distance runner
Eleonora Vargas, Italian film actress
Eleonora Vegliante (born 1973), Venezuelan tennis player
Eleonora Verbeke, Belgian nun and apothecary
Eleonora Vild (born 1969), Serbian basketball player
Eleonora Vindau (born 1986), Ukrainian soprano opera singer
Eleonora Vinnichenko (born 1993), Ukrainian figure skater
Eleonora Vinogradova (1931–2003), Ukrainian music educator and choir director
Eleonora Wexler (born 1974), Argentine actress
Eleonora Ziemięcka (1819–1869), Polish philosopher and publicist
Eleonora Zouganeli (born 1983), Greek singer
Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden (1688–1741), Queen of Sweden

Eleanora (name)

See also