Elvira
Elvira is a female given name.
Origin and meaning
The first name Elvira is of Spanish origin. There are various theories about the further origin and meaning that lead the name back to either Visigoth or Arabic . Neither of these theories is widely accepted.
The opera Don Giovanni by Mozart contributed to the spread of the name in modern times .
A male form of the name, which is mainly given in Bosnia-Herzegovina , is Elvir .
variants
- Elvyra (Lithuanian)
Name bearers
- Elvira Bach (* 1951), German artist
- Elvira Cervera (1923–2013), Cuban actress
- Elvira Dones (* 1960), Albanian writer, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker
- Elvira Drobinski-Weiß (* 1951), German politician
- Elvira Eisenschneider (1924–1944), German resistance fighter
- Elvira Fischer (* 1954), German athlete
- Elvira Gascón Vera (1911–2000), Mexican artist
- Elvira Grözinger (* 1947), German literary scholar, journalist and translator
- Elvira Gross (1954–2005), German botanist
- Elvira Grudzielski (* 1950), Thuringian homeland researcher
- Elvira Herzog (* 2000), Swiss national soccer player
- Elvira Hoffmann (* 1941), German writer and journalist
- Elvira Holzknecht (* 1973), Austrian natural track tobogganist
- Elvira of Castile (Sicily) (1100–1135), countess and from 1130 queen of Sicily
- Elvira Lantenhammer (* 1956), German painter and artist
- Elvira Lindo (* 1962), Spanish writer and journalist
- Elvira Madigan (1867–1889), Danish tightrope walker
- Elvira Nikolaisen (* 1980), Norwegian singer-songwriter
- Elvira Osirnig (1908–2000), Swiss ski racer
- Elvīra Ozoliņa (* 1939), Latvian-Soviet athlete
- Elvira Plenar (* 1955), Croatian (jazz) pianist, synthesizer player and composer
- Elvira Popescu (1894–1993), Romanian actress
- Elvira Possekel (* 1953), German athlete
- Elvira Rahić (* 1975), Bosnian singer
- Elvira "Vi" Redd (* 1928), American saxophonist and singer
- Elvira Rodriguez Puerto (* 1964), Cuban author, photography, film and performance artist
- Elvira Schalcher (1923–2018), Swiss actress and radio play speaker
- Elvira of Toro (1038-1099), Infanta of León, daughter of Ferdinand I of León
- Elvira Werner (* 1952), German cultural scientist
Grapevines
- Elvira a grape variety