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Elvira
Rank in 2024
#2,287
Born in 2024
81
Peak year
1920 · #268
Origin
Spanish
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 81 girls were named Elvira, about 1 in every 19,916.
- It peaked in 1920 with 592 babies, ranked #268.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 27,111 girls have been named Elvira since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elvira per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.5Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 9,936 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Silent: 5,592 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,126 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,316 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,794 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,122 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 760 babies, 0.04 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A medieval Spanish royal name, of probably Gothic origin, and debated meaning, possibly 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan) + *𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌴𐌹 (*wērei), thus "joyful sincerity". It became famous outside Spain after its appearance in Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787). The place name Elvira is a contraction of the older Illiberi, new city. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
- A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.
- Origin
- Spanish
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elvira, CC BY-SA 4.0.