Comments for the name Elvira

I love this name because it sounds very gothic and scary to me. I also love this name because I am VERY unique.

I like Elvira pronounced EL-VEER-UH not EL-VY-RUH.

A famous bearer was Elvira Madigan (born Hedvig Jensen).

This is one of my favorite names ever! I like it 'cause it has a cool ring to it, very pretty.

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is a T.V. personality played by Cassandra Peterson.

I hate this name! It's so, blah! It does sound good pronounced elveera though.

Elvira is one of the lovers of Don Juan.

It is pronounced "el-VEE-rah". English speakers may pronounce it differently though.

Elvira means "the elevated one" from Spanish "elevada" or it can mean "the protected one" from Germanic "alvar".

Elvira´s pet forms are Elli, Ela, Elva, Elke, Elvusha, Vir(k)a, Elvie.

It is also possible that it is from the Old English Aelf-gifa, common royal name for women, meaning 'Gift of the Elves' or 'Magically Gifted'.

I think this is a wondrously beautiful name. I like it pronounced with a "v" sound rather than a "b" sound, even though it is Spanish and that is how you pronounce "v". Very lovely, ethereal, dark, Gothic.

The most common accepted pronunciation in America is el-VY-ra, with a long "i" sound.

Elvira Popescu was a Romanian-born French stage and movie actress and theatre director.

Elvira is the name of the first wife of Charles Condomine, the protagonist of the play Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward. After she is summoned during a seance, Elvira begins to haunt her husband, disrupting his second marriage and making several attempts on his life.

Also a feminine name in Slovenia.

Elvir is also a masculine name in Slovenia.

I think there is a song with the lyrics, "My heart is on fire, for Elvira."

For the record, the song Brianna Angela is thinking of is, conveniently, "Elvira", by the Oak Ridge Boys. If you've ever heard it, you know it's not the least bit gothic.

I really really like this name. It's so serious.

Elvira is a female given name. It is of Spanish origin, originally believed to be of Arabic origin, meaning "the white". Other theories is that it is of Germanic or West Gothic origin and that the name means "alert" or "trustworthy".

Also used in Portuguese, and pronounced el-VEE-ra.

AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL my least favorite name of all time. I remember in 4th grade music class we had to play this annoying song with the same name. Horrid.

Elvira Duck (aka Grandma Duck) is the paternal grandmother of Donald and Della Duck, maternal grandmother to Gladstone Gander, great-grandmother to Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, mother to Quackmore Duck, and mother-in-law to Hortense McDuck (Scrooge's sister). She is one of the first and oldest residents of Duckburg, and the oldest living member of the Duck/McDuck family.

When pronounced el-BEE-rah, this name has an exotic beauty. When pronounced el-VEE-rah or el-VIE-rah, it sounds gothic and gorgeous. Either way, it is a beautiful name, from the way it look to the way its pronounced.

Makes me think of elves. I dislike it.

I love this name when pronounced el-VY-rah. Although it does kind of remind me of the mean redhead cartoon character, but I can easily look past it. It has a gothic ring to it but it's quite pretty.

Huh. I would assume this would be pronounced "El-viy-ra", not "El-bee-ra", as the site says. I doubt that anyone would pronounce it "El-bee-ra" without being told to do so. My impression of this name is that it is very odd, yet looking at it still appears old fashioned. I rarely ever hate a name but I think I hate this one.

Simply beautiful! Positively gorgeous! It almost sounds fairylike. I first encountered it a few years ago while reading books by Elvira Woodruff, and not long after I had a classmate with this name. And the pronunciation makes little difference to me: Elveera or El-vi-ra, it sounds equally lovely.

My grandmother's name was Elvira and I bring it (it's my third name) proudly even if it is so rare and uncommon. I love it's sound- so strong and strange.