Female Name
Elaine
ɪ.ˈleɪn
iː.ˈleɪn
Overview
Gender
feminine
Origin
Categories
American Horror Story characters
Arthurian legend
As Told by Ginger characters
authors
celestial
Dharma and Greg characters
D. H. Lawrence characters
directors
Dishonored characters
Dislyte characters
Characteristics
How people perceive this name
Overall Rating
77/100
classic140%
mature80%
formal140%
upper class120%
natural80%
wholesome120%
refined140%
strange65%
simple65%
serious100%
Meaning & Etymology
From an Old French form of Helen. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation Le Morte d'Arthur Elaine was the daughter of Pelles, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the publication of Alfred Tennyson's Arthurian epic Idylls of the King (1859).