Allegra

Italian
"joyous"

Allegra Origin and Meaning

The name Allegra is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning "joyous".

In music, the term allegro means "quickly, lively tempo," which makes this quintessential Bohemian ballet dancer's name all the more appealing. Allegra is one of the most distinctive yet accessible girl names starting with A.

One of the most creative sounding of names, Allegra has been associated with the American prima ballerina Allegra Kent, and has been chosen as a first or middle name for their daughters by poets George Gordon, Lord Byron and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as by R. Buckminster Fuller and Donatella Versace. Caveat: There is that current connection to the allergy medication.

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Allegra Popularity

Famous People Named Allegra

  • Allegra Kent
    American ballet dancer
  • Allegra Versace Beck
    Italian heiress
  • Allegra Huston
    American writer; sister of Anjelica Huston
  • Allegra Goodman
    American writer
  • (Clara) Allegra Byron
    daughter of poet Lord Byron
  • Alice Allegra Englert
    actress; daughter of film director Jane Campion
  • Allegra Penelope Overton (b. 2007)
    daughter of TV journalist Jessica Rowe and Peter Overton
  • Allegra Fuller Snyder
    American dance ethnologist and choreographer
  • Allegra Elizabeth Jane Stratton
    British journalist
  • Allegra Sarah Bazzett McEvedy
    English chef
  • Allegra Curtis
    American actress

Allegra in Pop Culture

  • Allegra
    musical term
  • Allegra Sauvagess
    character from the video game series SSX
  • Allegra
    an allergy medication
  • Allegra Cole
    from the movie "Hitch"
  • Allegra Hunt
    on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
  • Allegra
    character TV's "Allegra's Window"
  • Allegra Shapiro
    main character in Virginia Euwer Wolff's "The Mozart Season"
  • Allegra Vand
    character in Cynthia Ozick's "Trust"
  • Allegra
    character in the Love Island mobile game
  • Allegra
    the main character on the 1994–1996 Nick Jr. television series "Allegra's Window"
  • Allegra Geller
    character from "Existenz"