bright one, shiny one, God is my light, http://www.babynamespedia.com/meaning/Elaine Baby names that sound like Elaine include the Welsh Elain, the name Elane, the name Elayne, the English Alaine, the French and Gaelic Alane, the English Alayne, the French Élaine, the name Ilane, the name Ulane, the English and Irish Eileen, the name Eileene, the English Eilene, the English Eilin, the English Eilleen, the name Eillen, the name Eilyn, the name Elan, the Hebrew Elon, the name Ah-lam, and the Arabic Ahlam.

It was true that the name Elaine was greek means torch;bright light. here an another concept from an Old French variant of HELEN. It appears in Arthurian legend; in Thomas Malory's 15th-century compilation 'Le Morte d'Arthur' Elaine was the daughter of Pelleas, the lover of Lancelot, and the mother of Galahad. It was not commonly used as an English given name until after the appearance of Tennyson's Arthurian epic 'Idylls of the King' cowboy...

Elaine is a Greek name as far as I know and not English.