Baby name
REVIVING
🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 Elvira
/el · VEE · rah/
Meaning
“Gothic name built”
Gothic name built from alja (other, foreign) and wer (true, faithful); carried into Spanish via Visigothic aristocracy and immortalized by 9th-century Andalusian queens.
Nicknames
elvi
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Had a campy pop culture peak in the 1980s; now cycling back as a bold retro pick.
The cultural moment.
Popular in Spain through the mid-20th century; reviving slowly in Italy and Brazil since 2015.