Zelmira

zehl-MEE-rah

Neapolitan blend of Arabic, Slavic, Latin influences. "brilliant one; one who wish for peace"

"brilliant one; one who wish for peace"

Zelmira Origin and Meaning

The name Zelmira is a girl's name of Arabic, Italian origin meaning "brilliant one; one who wish for peace".

This name belongs to the eponymous heroine of Rossini's opera Zelmira (1822) about a (fictional) princess of Lesbos who saves her father and husband and her kingdom.

As a name, it may well be viewed as a from of the Slovakian and Croatian Želimira, just without the diacritics. In this case, it would mean "one who wishes for peace". However, it might also be connected to Arabic names such as Zahra, Amira, Zehra or similar.

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