Elaine (given name)
Elaine is a feminine given name, an Old French form of the name Helen used for a character 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 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 word meaning 'young deer'.
Notable people with the name include:
Arts and entertainment
- Elaine Agnew, Irish composer
- Elaine Anderson Steinbeck, American actress
- Elaine Anthony, American mixed media painter
- Elaine Arnold, American opera singer
- Elaine Badgley Arnoux, American visual artist
- Elaine Barkin, American composer, writer and educator
- Elaine Barrie, American actress
- Elaine Bass, American title designer and filmmaker
- Elaine Bedell, English television producer
- Elaine Bonazzi, American operatic mezzo-soprano
- Elaine Bradley, American drummer
- Elaine Breiger, American painter
- Elaine Bromka, American actress
- Elaine Brown, American singer, writer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman
- Elaine Cameron-Weir, Canadian artist
- Elaine Cancilla Orbach, American actress and dancer
- Elaine Carhartt, American ceramist
- Elaine Carroll, American actress and writer
- Elaine Christy, American harpist
- Elaine Coghlan, Australian impressionist artist and art teacher
- Elaine Lustig Cohen, American artist and graphic designer
- Elaine Collins, Scottish actress and producer
- Elaine Comparone, American harpsichordist
- Elaine Constantine, British writer and photographer
- Elaine Crombie, Australian actress
- Elaine Delmar, British singer
- Elaine Devry, American actress
- Elaine Douvas, American oboist and musician
- Elaine Duillo, American painter and illustrator
- Elaine Dundy, American writer and actress
- Elaine Dunn, American singer, dancer and actress
- Elaine Duran, Filipino singer and actress
- Elaine Ellis, Scottish actress
- Elaine Fifield, Australian ballerina
- Elaine Fine, American musician and composer
- Elaine George, Australian model
- Elaine Giftos, American actress
- Elaine Glover, English actress, singer and chef
- Elaine Goble, Canadian visual artist
- Elaine M. Goodwin, British mosaic artist
- Elaine Grand, Canadian broadcaster
- Elaine Green, American television journalist
- Elaine Hamill, New Zealand actress
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal, American artist
- Elaine Hammerstein, American actress
- Elaine Haxton, Australian artist
- Elaine Hendrix, American actress
- Elaine Hudson, Australian actress
- Elaine Hugh-Jones, Welsh pianist
- Elaine Irwin, American model
- Elaine Ives-Cameron, British-American actress
- Elaine Jin, Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress
- Elaine Joyce, American actress
- Elaine Kao, American actress
- Elaine Keillor, Canadian pianist
- Elaine A. King, American curator, critic professor and editor
- Elaine Kinsella, Irish broadcaster
- Elaine de Kooning, American expressionist painter
- Elaine Kowalsky, Canadian printmaker and artists' rights campaigner
- Elaine Kraf, American novelist and painter
- Elaine Laron, American songwriter and lyricist
- Elaine Ling, Canadian photographer
- Elaine Lordan, English former actress
- Elaine Lui, Canadian journalist
- Elaine Madsen, American filmmaker and author
- Elaine Mai, Irish singer
- Elaine Malbin, American opera singer
- Elaine Martone, American record producer
- Elaine May, American film director, screenwriter and actress
- Elaine Mayes, American photographer
- Elaine McDonald, Scottish ballerina
- Elaine McKenna, Australian singer
- Elaine Miles, Native American actress
- Elaine Mitchener, British experimental singer
- Elaine Mukheli, South African singer
- Elaine Mulqueen, American actress
- Elaine Murtagh, Irish singer and songwriter
- Elaine Ng, Hong Kong actress
- Elaine Padmore, British opera administrator, broadcaster and author
- Elaine Paige, English actress and singer
- Elaine Pope, American film producer and writer
- Elaine Princi, American actress
- Elaine Proctor, South African film director
- Elaine Rapp, American sculptor, educator and art therapist
- Elaine Reichek, American visual artist
- Elaine Riley, American actress
- Elaine Shaffer, American flutist
- Elaine McMillion Sheldon, American documentary filmmaker
- Elaine Shepard, American actress
- Elaine Shore, American actress
- Elaine Stocki, Canadian photographer, painter and professor
- Elaine Stritch, American actress
- Elaine Sturtevant, American artist
- Elaine Summers, American choreographer, experimental filmmaker and intermedia pioneer
- Elaine Tan, English actress
- Elaine Thornburgh, American musician
- Elaine Usher, English actress
- Elaine Hoffman Watts, American klezmer drummer
- Elaine Welteroth, American journalist, editor, author and television host
- Elaine Willcox, English television presenter
- Elaine Yiu, Hong Kong actress
Others
- Elaine Abrams, American physician and epidemiologist
- Elaine Allard, Canadian wheelchair basketball player
- Elaine M. Alphin, American novelist
- Elaine Alquist, American politician
- Elaine Anaya, First Lady of New Mexico
- Elaine Anderson, American paleontologist
- Elaine Aron, American clinical research psychologist and author
- Elaine Avila, American dramatist
- Elaine Sweital Avner, American astronomer
- Elaine Aylward, camogie player
- Élaine Ayotte, Canadian politician and diplomat
- Elaine Badrock, English footballer
- Elaine Baker, Australian marine geoscientist
- Elaine Barrett, British Paralympic swimmer
- Elaine Bartlett, African American activist
- Elaine Batchlor, American rheumatologist
- Elaine Baxter, American politician and educator
- Elaine Bearer, American neurobiologist and pathologist
- Elaine Beech, American politician
- Elaine Bellew-Bryan, Baroness Bellew, South African-born Irish nurse
- Elaine Bergstrom, American novelist
- Elaine Bernard, Canadian historian
- Elaine Black Yoneda, American labor and civil rights activist
- Elaine Bloom, American politician
- Elaine Bossik, American novelist and screenwriter
- Elaine Bourbeau, Canadian rower
- Elaine Bowers, American politician
- Elaine Bray, Australian cricketer
- Elaine Breeden, American swimmer
- Elaine Brody, American gerontologist and sociologist
- Elaine Brown, involved with a dispute with the US government
- Elaine E. Bucklo, American judge
- Elaine Bullard, British botanist
- Elaine Burke, Irish camogie player
- Elaine Campione, Canadian woman who murdered her two children
- Elaine Carbines, Australian politician
- Elaine Sterne Carrington, American dramatist
- Elaine Castillo, American novelist
- Elaine M. Catley, Canadian poet
- Elaine Chan, Hong Kong Olympic swimmer
- Elaine Chao, United States Secretary of Labor
- Elaine Chen, academic specializing in the haptic technology field
- Elaine Cheris, American Olympic fencer
- Elaine Chuli, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- Elaine J. Coates, American social worker and educator
- Elaine Coderre, American politician
- Elaine Coffman, American writer
- Elaine Cohen, American mathematician
- Elaine Coughlan, Irish venture capitalist
- Elaine Crosby, American professional golfer
- Elaine Cunningham, American novelist
- Elaine Cunningham (cricketer), Jamaican cricketer
- Elaine Dagg-Jackson, Canadian curler and coach
- Elaine Darling, Australian politician
- Elaine Davidson, Brazilian woman
- Elaine Dennison, British New Zealand rheumatologist
- Elaine Denniston, American lawyer
- Elaine DePrince, American author, activist, teacher and advocate
- Elaine Diacumakos, American cell biologist and head of the cytobiology laboratory
- Elaine Didier, American director
- Elaine DiMasi, American physicist
- Elaine Donnelly, American conservative activist
- Elaine Duke, American civil servant
- Elaine Howard Ecklund, American professor
- Elaine Edwards, American politician
- Elaine Eksvärd, Swedish author
- Elaine Elliott, American basketball player
- Elaine Emmanual, Jamaican cricketer
- Elaine Englehardt, American philosopher
- Elaine Equi, American poet
- Elaine Esposito, American who had held the record for longest coma
- Elaine Estes, American librarian
- Elaine Fantham, British-Canadian classicist
- Elaine Farmer, American politician
- Elaine Farquharson-Black, Scottish amateur golfer
- Elaine Feeney, Irish writer
- Elaine Feinstein, English poet and writer
- Elaine Feldman, Irish public figure and co-founder
- Elaine Fleming, American mayor
- Elaine Flinn, American author and antiques dealer
- Elaine Forrestal, Western Australian writer
- Elaine Fox, neuroscientist and researcher
- Elaine French, American politician
- Elaine Fuchs, American cell biologist
- Elaine Gannon, American politician
- Elaine Garzarelli, American financial analyst
- Elaine Genovese, Maltese tennis player
- Elaine Gordon, American politician
- Elaine Graham, British academic
- Elaine Gray, British swimmer
- Élaine Greffulhe, French aristocrat
- Elaine Gumbs-Vlaun, St Maartener social worker and politician
- Elaine Gurr, New Zealand doctor and medical administrator
- Elaine Tuttle Hansen, American academic administrator, scholar and university professor
- Elaine Harder, American politician and businesswoman
- Elaine Harger, American librarian
- Elaine D. Harmon, American aviator
- Elaine Harvey, American politician
- Elaine Hatfield, American social psychologist
- Elaine Ryan Hedges, American feminist
- Elaine Hills-Young, British nurse
- Elaine Holmes, Australian systems biologist
- Elaine Holt, British businesswoman
- Elaine Hopson, American politician
- Elaine Horseman, British children’s writer
- Eliane Hugentobler, Swiss ice dancer
- Elaine Ingham, American microbiologist and soil biology researcher
- Elaine Inglesby-Burke, British nurse
- Elaine L. Jack, 12th Relief Society general president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Elaine Jackson, American playwright
- Elaine Jaffe, American pathologist
- Elaine Jensen, New Zealand field hockey player
- Elaine Jentsch, German politician
- Elaine Jones, American attorney and activist
- Elaine Kahn, American poet
- Elaine Kant, American computer scientist
- Elaine D. Kaplan, American judge
- Elaine Trebek Kares, American businesswoman
- Elaine Kasilag, Filipina volleyball player
- Elaine Kasimatis, American mathematician
- Elaine Kaufman, American restaurateur
- Elaine Kellett-Bowman, British politician
- Elaine Ko, American television writer and producer
- E. L. Konigsburg, American writer
- Elaine Koon, Malaysian rhythmic gymnast
- Elaine Koppelman, American mathematician
- Elaine Lafferty, American journalist
- Elaine LaLanne, American fitness, nutrition guru and author
- Elaine L. Larson, American infectious disease specialist
- Elaine Lauterborn, American politician
- Elaine J. Lawless, American folklorist
- Eliane Le Breton, French MD and physiologist
- Elaine Lindsay, Australian academic and feminist theologian
- Elaine Lister, Scottish wheelchair curler
- Elaine Marjory Little, Australian pathologist
- Elaine Lorillard, American socialite
- Elaine Luria, American politician
- Elaine MacInnes, Canadian nun and Zen master
- Elaine Mardis, American geneticist
- Elaine Nicpon Marieb, American anatomist
- Elaine Marshall, American politician
- Elaine Tettemer Marshall, American billionaire heiress
- Elaine Martin, British chemical engineer, statistician and academic
- Elaine Marzola, American politician
- Elaine Masukat, Filipino lawyer and government official
- Elaine Matthews, British classical scholar
- Elaine Mazlish, American author and parent educator
- Elaine McCart, American nurse and politician
- Elaine J. McCarthy, American projection and video designer
- Elaine McCoy, Canadian politician
- Elaine McCusker, American government official
- Elaine M. McGraw, American computer programmer
- Elaine McLaughlin, Northern Irish hurdler
- Élaine Michaud, Canadian politician
- Elaine Middleton, Belizean educator, public servant and charity worker
- Elaine Mikels, American activist
- Elaine Miller, Scottish physiotherapist
- Elaine Mokhtefi, Algerian activist and author
- Elaine E Moura, Brazilian football player
- Elaine Murray, British politician
- Elaine Kalman Naves, Hungarian-born Canadian writer, journalist, editor and lecturer
- Elaine Nekritz, American politician
- Elaine Nicholson, English autism advocate
- Elaine Nile, Australian politician
- Elaine Noble, American politician
- Elaine Nolan, Irish cricketer
- Elaine O'Beirne-Ranelagh, American writer and folklorist
- Elaine O'Brien, American flight instructor
- Elaine O'Connor, Irish footballer
- Elaine Oran, American aerospace engineer
- Elaine Ostrander, American geneticist
- Elaine Ostroff, American designer educator
- Elaine Pagels, American religious historian
- Elaine Parent, American criminal
- Elaine Parker, American community activist
- Elaine Pedersen, American long-distance runner
- Elaine Pen, Dutch equestrian
- Elaine Phillips, American politician
- Elaine L. Pico, American pediatric physiatrist
- Elaine Powell, American basketball player
- Elaine Price, American politician
- Elaine Pritchard, English chess player
- Elaine Quijano, American journalist
- Elaine Ratcliffe, English amateur golfer
- Elaine Rawlinson, American stamp designer
- Elaine Reese, American-New Zealand psychology academic
- Elaine Rich, American computer scientist
- Elaine Romagnoli, American businesswoman
- Elaine Romero, Latina playwright
- Elaine Ron, American epidemiologist
- Elaine Rosenthal, American golfer
- Elaine Roth, American baseball player
- Elaine Roulet, American Roman Catholic sister of the Sisters of St. Joseph
- Elaine Rush, New Zealand-born professor of nutrition
- Elaine Ryan, American screenwriter and playwright
- Elaine Sadler, Australian astrophysicist
- Elaine Salo, South African anthropologist, scholar and activist
- Elaine Sanceau, British historian
- Elaine Saunders, engineer, audiologist, inventor and entrepreneur
- Elaine Scarry, American academic
- Elaine Melotti Schmidt, American educator, philanthropist, art curator and collector
- Elaine Schuster, American philanthropist
- Elaine Schwartz, American politician
- Elaine Sciolino, American writer
- Elaine P. Scott, American engineer
- Elaine Scruggs, American politician
- Elaine Sena Cortez, American politician
- Elaine Shannon, American journalist
- Elaine Shemilt, British artist and researcher
- Elaine Shenton, British tennis player
- Elaine Shi, Chinese-American computer scientist and cryptographer
- Elaine Showalter, American literary critic, feminist and writer
- Elaine Silburn, Canadian sprinter
- Elaine Sisman, American musicologist
- Elaine Sortino, American softball coach
- Elaine Stack, American judge
- Elaine Weddington Steward, American lawyer
- Elaine Storkey, English philosopher, sociologist and theologian
- Elaine Stratford, Australian geographer
- Elaine Stuhr, American politician
- Elaine Svenonius, American librarian
- Elaine Szymoniak, American politician
- Elaine Tanner, Canadian swimmer
- Elaine Tarone, American linguist
- Elaine Teo, Malaysian taekwondo practitioner
- Elaine Terranova, American poet
- Elaine Thompson-Herah, Jamaican sprinter
- Elaine Thomson, Scottish politician
- Elaine Tierney, American rower
- Elaine M. Tobin, American plant biologist
- Elaine G. Toms, Canadian information scientist
- Elaine Treharne, Welsh historian and academic
- Elaine Trepper, Namibian politician
- Elaine Tuomanen, American biologist
- Elaine Turner, American fashion designer
- Elaine Ullian, American health academic and administrator
- Elaine Unterhalter, South African educational researcher
- Elaine Valdov, activist
- Elaine Van Blunk, American long-distance runner
- Elaine Vassie, Scottish rugby union footballer and coach
- Elaine Viets, American novelist
- Elaine Wainwright, Australian theologian
- Elaine Watt, American equestrian
- Elaine Watt (barrel racer), Canadian barrel racer
- Elaine Wells, American politician
- Elaine West, English Royal Air Force officer
- Elaine Weyuker, American computer scientist
- Elaine White, New Zealand cricketer
- Elaine Willett, British gymnast
- Elaine Williams, American lesbian pulp paperback author and editor
- Elaine Macmann Willoughby, American educator and writer
- Elaine Wulcko, English cricketer
- Elaine Wyllie, American neurologist
- Elaine Wynn, American billionaire businesswoman, art collector, philanthropist and education reformer
- Elaine Youngs, American beach volleyball player
- Elaine Zackai, professor of pediatrics
- Élaine Zakaïb, Canadian politician
- Elaine Zayak, American figure skater
- Elaine Ziemba, Canadian politician
Disambiguation
- Elaine Cassidy, multiple people
- Elaine Crowley, multiple people
- Elaine Davis, multiple people
- Elaine Kim, multiple people
- Elaine Lee, multiple people
- Elaine Morgan, multiple people
- Elaine Murphy, multiple people
- Elaine O'Neal, multiple people
- Elaine Richardson, multiple people
- Elaine Smith, multiple people
- Elaine Stewart, multiple people
- Elaine Taylor, multiple people
- Elaine Walker, multiple people
- Elaine Winter, multiple people
Fictional characters
- Elaine, the Holy Maiden of the Fountain of Youth in the anime The Seven Deadly Sins
- Elaine (legend), several Arthurian-legend characters, including:
- * Elaine of Astolat
- * Elaine of Corbenic
- Elaine Belloc, a character in the Lucifer comic series
- Elaine Benes, Seinfeld character
- Elaine Howard, a character in the 1980 American disaster movie The Night the Bridge Fell Down
- Elaine Jarvis, EastEnders character
- Elaine Lefkowitz-Dallas, a character on the TV sitcom Soap
- Elaine Marley, Monkey Island character
- Elaine Miller, character in Almost Famous
- Elaine Nardo, Taxi character
- Elaine Peacock, EastEnders character
- Elaine Pownall, recurring character of the 2018–2019 show Siren
- Elaine Robinson, character in The Graduate
- Elain Archeron, character from the A Court of Thorns and Roses fantasy series by Sarah J. Maas