Elvira

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in Spanish: Elvira. This is of Gmc origin, probably composed of the elementsgail happy, content (cf. Gale i), or perhaps adel noble (cf. Edel), + zcertrue

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

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

Elvira is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina≈1 in 948(inferred from the name graph)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 1.3K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.4K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Philippines (inferred from the name graph)

≈78,000 people, est.

4 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
338 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 524 (inferred from the name graph)

Sweden

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ElviraLatin(measured from records)
אלוירהHebrew(measured from records)
ΕλβίραGreek(measured from records)
ელვირაGeorgian(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

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)

Visigothic, probably meaning ‘foreign true’. Emilio $ From the Latin family name Aemilius. Feminine form: Emilia.

Sources 1

  • A concise dictionary of first names

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

How Elvira is read(measured from records)

Elvira is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish65%

    Elvira. This is of Gmc origin, probably composed of the elementsgail happy, content (cf. Gale i), or perhaps adel noble (cf. Edel), + zcertrue.

    as a nameA dictionary of surnames

    vira. This is of Gmc origin, probably composed of the elements gail happy, content (cf. Gale i), or perhaps adel noble (cf. Edel), + wer true.

    as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

    Germánico Gailiviro: 'lanza amable, cortés'; de gaila 'lanza arrojadiza' + vers 'amable'

    as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios

  • English14%

    A female given name from Spanish, in quiet use since the 19th century.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Portuguese6.0%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Elvira in Portuguese.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Elvira 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 Elvira is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PH Philippines#471≈78,000 est.≈1 in 1.4K—Elvira87
AR Argentina#212≈48,000 est.≈1 in 948514Elvira90
US United States—31,5001 in 11K31KElvira338
ES Spain#18627,8971 in 1.8K30KElvira176
PE Peru#152≈24,000 est.≈1 in 1.3K—Elvira77
SE Sweden—19,4721 in 52419KElvira35
AL Albania—2,2251 in 1.4K2.2K——

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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); INSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts). 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)

Elvira is also recorded as 9 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Philippines, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written El'Vira, Elvīra, Elvíra, Ëlvïrä, Elvirä

  • Russian given name84 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Croatian

    Also written Эльвира, Ельвіра, El'Vira, Элвира, Ельвира

  • Catalan given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Andorra

    Also written Iliberis, Ilibéris

  • Hungarian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, Philippines, Sweden

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Elvīra

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Spain

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written 'Elvira, Elvira'

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Èlvira, El'Vìra, El'Vira, Ėl'Vira, Elvíra

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written El'Vira

  • Swedish given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Denmark, Norway

    Languages: Swedish, Danish, Norwegian

    Also written Elvíra, Elvīra

  • Albanian given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Albania, United States, Italy, Serbia

    Also written Elvíra, Elvirå, Elvírå, Elvîrã

57 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)

Elvira is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Visigothic, probably meaning ‘foreign true’. Emilio $ From the Latin family name Aemilius. Feminine form: Emilia.

    as a nameA concise dictionary of first names

  • In Italian, Nome spagnolo, diffuso in Italia da oltre un secolo; etimologia incerta, forse femminile di Alvarito.

    as a nameDizionario Dei Nomi e Cognomi Italiani

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)

100012001400160018002000Elvira of Castile, b. 1081Elvira of Leon, b. 1103Elvira de Hidalgo, b. 1891Elvira Popescu, b. 1894Irán Eory, b. 1939Elvira Ozolina, b. 1939Elvira Lindo, b. 1962Elvira Nabiullina, b. 1963Elvira Mínguez, b. 1965Marina Berlusconi, b. 1966

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)

InformalHola Elvira,Hi Elvira, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 114 sources across 57 countries.

Official registers attesting Elvira
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202031K#1,220
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—30K#147
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—28K#270
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—19K#217
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20207.6K—
AL AlbaniaINSTAT Albania — Search the name (given-name counts)—2.2K#166
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025119—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202056#1,220

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

Where does the name Elvira come from?
Visigothic, probably meaning ‘foreign true’. Emilio $ From the Latin family name Aemilius. Feminine form: Emilia. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
How do you pronounce Elvira?
A machine transcription gives /elβiɾa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Elvira mean?
In Spanish, Elvira. This is of Gmc origin, probably composed of the elementsgail happy, content (cf. Gale i), or perhaps adel noble (cf. Edel), + zcertrue.
What are other forms of the name Elvira?
In the etymology graph, Elvire and Elwira are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Elvira have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 78 thousand people named Elvira in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elvira.
Where is Elvira most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Elvira is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 524 people — even though Philippines holds more of our records for it.
Is Elvira a male or female name?
Elvira 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.
How common is the name Elvira?
In the United States, the national register counted 31,500 people named Elvira in 2020, about 1 in 11 thousand residents.
How common is Elvira compared with other names?
In the Philippines, Elvira is the 471st most common given name of 486,299 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, “Elvira” — the 471st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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