Alzira
al-ZEE-rah; al-TZEE-rah
Arabic
"ornament"Share
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Updated Mon Nov 04 2024
Alzira Origin and Meaning
The name Alzira is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ornament".
Alzira found its highest degree of popularity in the mid-nineteenth century after Giuseppe Verdi created an opera of the name Alzira, after its romantic heroine. Despite Verdi using the name for a Peruvian princess, Alzira is an arabic name Verdi's opera, despite the name's arabic roots, the name was given to a Peruvian princess. Alzira is also the name of a Spanish city in Valencia.