Eleanor roosevelt, the longest-serving first lady of the u. s. , was probably the most famous bearer of the name in contemporary history. Spelling variants include elanor, eleonore, elinor, ellenor and others. What is the meaning of the name eleanor?

Eleanor was the oldest of three children born to duke william x of aquitaine and his wife, aénor de châtellerault. Widowed in 1945, she served as a united states delegate to the united nations general assembly from 1945 to 1952, and took a leading role in designing the text and gaining international support for the …