Eléctra
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Eléctra is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα, (Ēléktra, "amber"), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).
- UYUruguay1 in 30K(measured from records)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 73K
- USUnited States1 in 357K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Eléctra itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 124 (measured from records)
- 1 in 30K (inferred from the name graph)
931 people, 2020
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Uruguay
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Ilektra in US United States, CY Cyprus, SE Sweden and 1 more and Ηλεκτρα in GR Greece.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)- Ancient GreekἨλέκτρα(measured from records)
- Ancient Greekἤλεκτρονḗlektron“amber”(measured from records)
From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα, (Ēléktra, "amber"), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”).
Cited for this meaning 3
- Wiktionary
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Nordic Names
Where in the world
(measured from records)Eléctra counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 931 | 1 in 357K | 930 | Ilektra | 124 |
| AR Argentina | ≈620 est. | ≈1 in 73K | 4 | — | 27 |
| CY Cyprus | 265as Ηλεκτρα | 1 in 4.8K | 265 | Ilektra | 14 |
| SE Sweden | 196as Elektra | 1 in 52K | 196 | Ilektra | 7 |
| GR Greece | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 78K | 3 | Ηλεκτρα | 43 |
| UY Uruguay | 114 | 1 in 30K | 114 | — | 7 |
| AL Albania | 71as Elektra | 1 in 43K | 71 | Ilektra | 5 |
| IS Iceland | 8as Elektra | 1 in 44K | 8 | — | — |
931 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling electra. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Διαύγεια — directory of signing officials (organization → signers); CYSTAT — Name frequency (2011 Population Census); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Eléctra mean, and where does it come from?
- From Ancient Greek Ἠλέκτρα, (Ēléktra, "amber"), from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”), related to ἠλέκτωρ (ēléktōr, “shining sun”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios and 1 other source.
- Is Eléctra a male or female name?
- Eléctra is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Eléctra have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 931 people named Eléctra, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ilektra.
- Where is Eléctra most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Eléctra is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 30 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Eléctra?
- In the United States, the national register counted 931 people named Eléctra in 2020, about 1 in 357 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/el%C3%A9ctraThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Eléctra”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.