Lenora
Variant of Eleanor
Lenora is a feminine given name, a variant of Leonora or Eleanor.
It carries a literary, somewhat old-fashioned elegance: Lenora had her grandmother's name and her grandmother's stubborn streak.
The name appears in Poe's "The Raven" as the narrator's lost love, giving it a melancholy, romantic association.
American gothic writer's surname
- ravenLarge black carrion bird
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- balladNarrative poem or song
- romanticismEmotional, imaginative worldview
verse · stanza · refrain · nevermore · mournful · spectral · beloved · lamentation
Poe
American gothic writer's surname
romanticism · verse · stanza · refrain · nevermore · mournful · spectral · beloved · lamentation · dirge
melodic
Musically pleasing to hear
romantic · ethereal · wistful · evocative · sonorous · graceful · delicate · haunting · elegiac · melancholy
Nora
Feminine given name
Cora · Flora · Dora · Aurora · Leona · Helena · Lorena · Ramona · Verona · Rowena