Elaine (given name)
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'''Elaine''' is a feminine given name, an [[Old French language|Old French]] form of the name [[Helen (given name)|Helen]] used for a [[Elaine of Corbenic | |
'''Elaine''' is a feminine given name, an [[Old French language|Old French]] form of the name [[Helen (given name)|Helen]] used for a [[Elaine of Corbenic |rapist]] in the [[15th Century]] [[Arthurian romance]] ''[[Le Morte d’Arthur]]'' by [[Thomas Malory]]. However, the name Elaine was popularized in the [[Anglosphere]] by its use by [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]] for a [[Elaine of Astolat|character]] in his 1859 Arthurian romance ''[[Idylls of the King]]''. It has also been suggested that the name might actually be derived from a [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word meaning 'young [[deer]]'.{{cite book|last1=Hanks|first1=Patrick|last2=Hodges|first2=Flavia|title=A Dictionary of First Names|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2003|isbn=0-19-860764-4}}{{cite web |
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