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Eluned (female)

Pet Name(s):Lena (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):Lynette (F)
Can be spelt:Eiluned (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP

Private correspondent [JH2]; Chambers Dictionary (2003)
Notes:

Welsh, apparently from a revision of a Celtic French name, variously given as "Lunet, Luned or Lunete".  Chambers suggests the meaning is "idol, image" and gives the alternative spelling Eiluned.
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