Elmira

loc · Latin script

Meaning: A female given name from the Germanic languages

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɛlmajɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Elmira is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Russia than in any other country. In Kyrgyzstan it is the 38th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • KGKyrgyzstan≈1 in 267(inferred from the name graph)
  • AZAzerbaijan≈1 in 484
  • UZUzbekistan≈1 in 1.1K

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 Elmira 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.

Russia (inferred from the name graph)

≈93,000 named Эльмира, est.

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
238 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 267 (inferred from the name graph)

Kyrgyzstan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ElmiraLatin(measured from records)
ЭльмираCyrillic(measured from records)
ԷլմիրաArmenian(measured from records)
ელმირაGeorgian(measured from records)
ΕλμιραGreek(measured from records)

9 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Эльмира in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 2 more and Էլմիրա in AM Armenia.

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)

A female given name from the Germanic languages.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Elmira, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elmira 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.

Where Elmira is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#119≈93,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K#108Эльмира163
KZ Kazakhstan#68≈39,000 est.≈1 in 4898.1KЭльмира51
UZ Uzbekistan#396≈28,000 est.≈1 in 1.1KlistedЭльмира20
KG Kyrgyzstan#38≈22,000 est.≈1 in 267—Эльмира25
AZ Azerbaijan#129≈21,000 est.≈1 in 484269Эльмира36
AM Armenia#118≈5,300 est.≈1 in 571—Էլմիրա25
US United States—2,2221 in 150K2.2KElmira238

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; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Elmira is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Elmīra, Ëlmïrå, Ëlmïrä, Elmirä

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France

    Also written El'Mira

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Ėlmira, Èl'Mira, Ėl'Mira, El'Mira

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Elmirä

  • Hebrew given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Israel, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Latvia

    Also written אלמירה

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written এলমিরা

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Elmira is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, weibl. Vom. spanischer Herkunft, weibliche Form westgotischer Namen wie

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • In Spanish, Contracción de Edelmira.

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • In Latvian, Sievietes vārds

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

19201940196019802000Elmira Minita Gordon, b. 1930Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya, b. 1930Elmira Gafarova, b. 1934Elmira Zherzdeva, b. 1936Elmira Süleymanova, b. 1937Elmira Darvarova, b. 1954Elmira Antonyan, b. 1955Almira Skripchenko, b. 1976Elmira Rafizadeh, b. 1981Elmira Abdrazakova, b. 1994

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 69 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Elmira
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20202.2K#7,016
AZ AzerbaijanAzerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics—269—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202011#7,016
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202511—

Reference works 4

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Elmira mean, and where does it come from?
A female given name from the Germanic languages. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Elmira?
A machine transcription gives /ɛlmajɹə/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Elmira have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 93 thousand people named Эльмира in Russia, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Elmira?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,222 people named Elmira in 2020, about 1 in 150 thousand residents.
How common is Elmira compared with other names?
In Russia, Elmira is the 119th most common given name of 472,143 given names recorded there.

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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, “Elmira” — the 119th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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