# Elvira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elvira/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “joyful sincerity” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 27,278 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 44 / 27,234 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 120, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 4,393 |
| 2012 | 52 | 3,183 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,944 |
| 2014 | 55 | 3,051 |
| 2015 | 50 | 3,267 |
| 2016 | 67 | 2,625 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,640 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,121 |
| 2019 | 59 | 2,830 |
| 2020 | 67 | 2,557 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,830 |
| 2022 | 68 | 2,585 |
| 2023 | 78 | 2,342 |
| 2024 | 83 | 2,251 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,715 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 6 | 4,006 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,541 |
| 1930 | 6 | 3,706 |
| 1931 | 7 | 3,194 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,930 |
| 1934 | 5 | 3,847 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,602 |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,673 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Elvira
- Finnish: Elviira
- French: Elvire
- German: Elvira
- Latvian: Elvīra
- Polish: Elwira
- Portuguese: Elvira
- Romanian: Elvira
- Russian: Эльви́ра
- Spanish: Elvira
- Swedish: Elvira

## People named Elvira

- Elvira Rawson, Argentine physician (1867–1954)
- Elvira Dones, Albanian writer
- Elvira Herman, Belarusian female hurdler
- Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse
- Elvira Vasilkova, Belarusian swimmer
- Elvira Espejo Ayca, Bolivian artist 1981-
- Elvira Orphée, Argentine writer (1922-2018)
- Elvira López, Argentinian feminist, activist, reformer and author
- Princess Elvira of Bavaria, (1868-1943)
- Elvira Pagá, Brazilian actress
- Elvira Willman-Eloranta, Finnish politician
- Alice Freeman Palmer, American educator (1855–1902)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.