Elba
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in English: An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/elβa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Elba is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country. In Nicaragua it is the 80th most common given name.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 766(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 806
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 1.2K
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.
- Argentina (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 284 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 766 (inferred from the name graph)
≈56,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Nicaragua, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.
How Elba is read(measured from records)
Elba is one spelling over 2 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.
- Spanish81%
Germánico; probablemente hipocorístico de nombres con alb/ælf, "elfo".
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- English9.5%
An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
island, Mediterranean
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.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)
Elba 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AR Argentina | #245 | ≈56,000 est. | ≈1 in 806 | 7 | Elba | 80 |
| VE Venezuela | #285 | 16,271 | 1 in 1.8K | 16K | Elba | 46 |
| US United States | — | 11,747 | 1 in 28K | 12K | Elba | 284 |
| NI Nicaragua | #80 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 766 | — | Elba | 22 |
| CL Chile | #262 | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 2.7K | 2 | Elba | 56 |
| SV El Salvador | #263 | ≈5,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Elba | 28 |
| UY Uruguay | #149 | 2,709 | 1 in 1.3K | 2.7K | Elba | 28 |
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 — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Elba 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 Portuguese, Elbe (a major river in central Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ailein, Aileina, Ailene, Ailin, Ailina, Alene, Aline, Ayleana, Ayleen, Aylin, Eilean, Eileene, Eilleen, Eleen, Eleena, Eleene, Elin, Elina, Elyn, Elyna, Eyleen, Eyleena, llene
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Ferro
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
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)
- Elba Emanuel Watsonb. 1871USAmerican botanist (1871-1936)
- Elba Lightfootb. 1910USAfrican-American painter
- Timb. 1915BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player (1915–1984)
- Elba Berónb. 1930ARArgentinian singer (1930-1994)
- Chunchuna Villafañeb. 1934ARnot in their usual nameArgentine actress
- Elba Cabrera Trinidadb. 1935MXMexican singer
- Elba Esther Gordillob. 1945MXMexican politician
- Elba Ramalhob. 1951BRBrazilian singer
- Elba Escobarb. 1954VEVenezuelan actor
- Elbasan Rashanib. 1993NOnot in their usual nameassociation football player
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)
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 62 sources across 36 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VE Venezuela | asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996) | — | 16K | #110 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 12K | #2,227 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 2.7K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 2.7K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 148 | #2,227 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 8 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 7 | #2,381 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1972 | 6 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2013 | 3 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2021 | 2 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 1 | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Elba mean, and where does it come from?
- An Italian island in the Tuscan Archipelago off the west coast of Italy, administratively part of Tuscany; between the Italian coast and Corsica. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- Is Elba a male or female name?
- Elba 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 do you pronounce Elba?
- A machine transcription gives /elβa/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- What are other forms of the name Elba?
- In the etymology graph, Alba, Elva and Elfa are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Elba have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 56 thousand people named Elba in Argentina, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled elba.
- How common is the name Elba?
- In Venezuela, the national register counted 16,271 people named Elba, about 1 in 1.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Elba compared with other names?
- In Argentina, Elba is the 245th most common given name of 119,825 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/elbaThe 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, “Elba” — the 245th most common given name in Argentina. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.