Elaine (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Meaning | Light |
Other names | |
Related names | Helen |
Elaine is a given name, one of the variants of Helen, and may refer to:
- Elaine Brown (born 1940), involved with a dispute with the US Government
- Elaine Chao (born 1953), United States Secretary of Labor
- Elaine Cheris (born 1946), American Olympic fencer
- Elaine Fifield (1930-1999), Australian ballerina
- Elaine Fine (born 1959), American musician and composer.
- Elaine M. Goodwin, British mosaic artist
- Elaine Gumbs-Vlaun (born 1944), St Maartener social worker and politician
- Elaine Hamilton-O'Neal (1920–2010), American artist
- Elaine Ingham, American microbiologist and soil biology researcher
- Elaine E Moura (born 1982), Brazilian football (soccer) player
- Elaine Nolan (born 1981), Irish cricketer
- Elaine Thompson (born 1992), Jamaican sprinter
Television and film
- Elaine Hendrix (born 1970), American actress
- Elaine May (born 1932), American film director, screenwriter and actress
- Elaine Paige (born 1948), English actress and singer
- Elaine Stritch (1925-2014), American actress
- Elaine Yiu (born 1980), Hong Kong actress
Fictional characters
- Elaine Belloc, a character in the Lucifer comic series
- Elaine Benes, Seinfeld character
- Elaine (EastEnders), EastEnders character
- Elaine Lefkowitz, a character on the TV sitcom Soap
- Elaine (legend), several Arthurian-legend characters
- Elaine Marley, Monkey Island character
- Elaine Miller, character in Almost Famous
- Elaine Nardo, Taxi character
- Elaine Robinson, character in The Graduate
- Elayne Trakand, Wheel of Time character