Names related to Elaine: Elayne, Elena, Ellie, Laney
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Elaine

Pronunciation: eh-LAYN (key)

Origin of the name Elaine:

Variant form of Helen (light). The name was borne in Arthurian legend by a woman of Astolat who loved Sir Lancelot.

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Laine, Lainey, Ellie, Nell, Nellie

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Elaine de Kooning, American painter
Elaine Lobl (E.L.) Konigsburg, American children's book author
Elaine May, American director, screenwriter, and actress
Elaine Paige, singer/actress
Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor
Elaine Pagels, American professor of religion and author of scholarly and popular books on the Gnostic gospels

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Elaine, the Lily Maid of Astolat in Arthurian legend. Also known as the Lady of Shalott, as in Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem series "Idylls of the King"

Elaine Benes (portrayed by Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a character on the American television comedy Seinfeld

"Lady Elaine Fairchild", character on children's television program "Mister Roger's Neighborhood"

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