Hannelore [ˈhanəˌloːʁə] is a German female given name, which is a combination of two names:
Hanne, a German and Dutch diminutive or short form of Johanna, itself a feminized form of Iohannes (i.e. John), which means God is gracious.
Lore, the German short form or diminutive of Eleanor, (i.e. Eleonore), a likely variant of the Latin Aenor, which is an old Germanic name of unknown meaning. There is an Occitan phrase "alia Aenor" meaning the other Aenor and used to distinguish a daughter with the same name of her mother. This became "Eleanore" in Old English.
There is also a variant of the name "Hannalora."
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People
Athletes
Hannelore Anke (born 1957), German swimmer
Hannelore Brenner (born 1963), German Paralympian dressage equestrian
Hannelore Burosch (born 1947), German handball player
Hannelore Glaser (born 1933), German alpine skier
Hannelore Göttlich (born 19??), German rower
Hannelore Hradez (1940–2022), German fencer
Hannelore Plattner (born 19??), Austrian luger
Hannelore Possmoser (born 19??), Austrian luger
Hannelore Raepke (born 1935), German sprinter
Hannelore Weygand (1924–2017), German equestrian
Hannelore Zober (1946–2026), German handball player
Performers
Hannelore Auer (1942–2023), Austrian Schlager singer
Hannelore Bey (born 1941), German prima ballerina
Hannelore Bode (born 1941), German operatic soprano
Hannelore Bollmann (1925–2023), German actress
Hannelore Elsner (1942–2019), German actress
Hannelore Hoger (1942–2024), German actress and director
Hannelore Knuts (born 1977), Belgian model
Hannelore Schroth (1922–1987), German actress
Politicians
Hannelore Kohl (1933–2001), former German first lady
Hannelore Kraft (born 1961), German politician
Hannelore Mensch (born 1937), East German politician
Hannelore Roedel (born 1957), German politician
Hannelore Rönsch (born 1942), German politician
Others
Hannelore Baron (1926–1987), German-American abstract artist
Hannelore Gadatsch (1941–2024), German television journalist and presenter
Hannelore Jörger-Weichert (born 1942), German chessplayer
Hannelore Schmatz (1940–1979), German mountaineer
Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt (1919-2010), German environmentalist and former first lady
Hannelore Valencak (1929–2004), Austrian physicist, novelist, poet, and children's author