Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine Usage Portuguese (Rare), Portuguese (Brazilian), Theatre Edit Status Status [history·contributorshide contributors] Added 7/18/2009 by Elizabeth Carvalho Edited 2/26/2018 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Latinate form of ALZIRE. This name was used in Verdi's opera Alzira (1845). It coincides with the name of a Spanish town.