Elvira

Elvira
Origin
Region of origin	Spain

Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin.

Elvira may refer to:

People

Elvira Menéndez (died 921), daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of León
Elvira of Castile, Queen of León (965–1017)
Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (c. 1100-1135), wife of Roger II, King of Sicily
Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse (before 1082?-1151)
Elvira of Toro (1038/9–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León
Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse, daughter of Alfonso VI of León
Elvira Menéndez (died 1022), Queen of León (1008–1022), wife of Alfonso V of León
Elvira Ramírez (c. 935–after 986), princess and regent of León

Elvira Casazza (1887–1965), Italian mezzo-soprano
Elvira Gascón (1911-2000), Spanish painter and engraver
Elvira de Hidalgo (1891-1980), Spanish coloratura soprano and teacher of Maria Callas
Elvira Kralj (1900-1978), Slovenian actress
Elvira Kurt (born 1961), Canadian comedian
Elvira Madigan (1867-1889), Danish tightrope walker and trick rider
Elvira Navarro (born 1978), Spanish writer
Elvira Godeanu (1904–1991), Romanian stage actress
Elvira Nikolaisen (born 1980), Norwegian singer-songwriter
Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italian filmmaker
Elvira Popescu (1894-1993), Romanian-born French actress and director
Elvira Rahić (born 1973), Bosnian pop-folk singer
Elvira Quintana (1935–1968), Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer
Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, stage name of Cassandra Peterson (born 1951)
Elvira T (born 1994), Russian pop singer.
Elvira Cristi (born 1976), Chilean actress and model
Elvira Ríos (1913-1987), Mexican actress and singer
Elvira Barney (1904-1936), English actress and socialite
Elvira Natali born 1996), Indonesian actress and author
Elvira Betrone (1881–1961), Italian actress

Elvira Kovač (born 1982), Serbian politician
Elvira Badaracco (1911-1994), Italian politician
Elvira Olivas (born 1935), Mexican politician
Elvira Rodríguez (born 1949), Spanish politician and economist
Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 1967), Bosnian politician
Elvira Pola Figueroa (born 1957), Mexican politician
Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi, Argentine politician
Elvira "Pixie" Palladino (1932-2006), American politician
Maria Elvira Salazar (born 1961), American journalist and broadcast television anchor, U.S. Representative from Florida.

Elvira Arellano (born 1975), Mexican international activist who is an undocumented immigrant to the US and cause célèbre
Elvira Cuevas, Puerto Rican ecologist
Elvira Devinamira, Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder
Elvira Fölzer (1868–after 1928), German archaeologist
Elvira Lobato, Brazilian journalist
Elvira Nabiullina (born 1963), head of the Central Bank of Russia
Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961), Slovenian writer, feminist and teacher
Elvira Willman (1875-1925), Finnish playwright, journalist and revolutionary socialist
Elvira Lindo(born 1962), Spanish journalist and writer
Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italian filmmaker

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, portrayed by Cassandra Peterson in television and film
Elvira Coot (Grandma Duck), grandmother of Donald Duck
Elvira, the title character of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
Elvira, heroine of the opera I puritani
Elvira, heroine of the opera Ernani
Elvira, in the opera L'italiana in Algeri
Donna Elvira, in the opera Don Giovanni
Elvira, in the 1667 play Elvira by George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
Elvira, title character in the 1763 play Elvira by David Mallet
Elvira Almiraghi, portrayed by Franca Valeri in the 1959 film Il vedovo
Elvira Dutton, in Margaret Walker's book on slavery, Jubilee
Elvira Hancock, Tony Montana's love interest, portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1983 film Scarface
Elvira Stitt, in the novel Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the 1963 film adaptation
Elvira, in the 2005 novel Ingo by Helen Dunmore

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