Elaine staat niet in de Bijbel — Het betekent waarschijnlijk “fakkel”

Elaine is not in the Bible. It is the Arthurian form of Helen — and Helen’s own meaning is uncertain, probably “torch”, possibly connected to the word for moon. Both readings are about light that is not its own. That is worth following. What does the name Elaine mean? Probably a torch. The Greek Helene is of uncertain origin; the likeliest derivation is from a word meaning torch, and a second possibility connects it to selene, the moon. Elaine reached…