Elvira

Spanish
"white, fair"

Elvira Origin and Meaning

The name Elvira is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning "white, fair".

Before there was the campy TV Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, Elvira was the long-suffering wife of Don Juan, and remnants of those negative, gothic images still cling to it, though they are fading.

Other references include the romantic film Elvira Madigan, based on a real person, and the main ghostly character in Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, as well as appearances in several operas.

Elvira was in common use in the US in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, remaining in the Top 1000 until 1981; it's still popular in Scandinavia, ranking Number 39 in Sweden.

# 926 in the US

Elvira Rank in US Top 1000

# 736 on Nameberry

Elvira Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Elvira Popularity

Famous People Named Elvira

  • Elvira
    Mistress of the Dark, stage name of Cassandra Peterson, American actress and TV personality
  • Elvira "Elli" Parvo
    Italian actress
  • Elvira Mi­nguez
    Spanish actress
  • Elvira Dones
    Albanian novelist and screenwriter
  • Elvira Devinamira Wirayanti
    Miss Indonesia 2014
  • Elvira Possekel
    German Olympic runner
  • Elvira Zurabovna Todua
    Russian footballer
  • Elvira Kunis
    mother of American actress Mila Kunis
  • Elvira Madigan
    stage name of Danish tightrope walker Hedvig Jensen
  • Elvira Rahic
    Bosnian folk,pop singer
  • Elvira Wayans
    American TV writer

Elvira in Pop Culture

  • Elvira
    character in some of the operas and poems on Don Juan
  • Elvira Hancock
    character in movie "Scarface"
  • Elvira Slayer
    character in "Sims" series
  • Elvira
    song by the "Oak Ridge Boys"
  • Elvira
    character in Helen Dunmore's 'Ingo' books
  • Elvira Martinez
    main character in Mexican film 'Elvira, te daría mi vida pero la estoy usando'

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