Elvira

For other uses, see Elvira (disambiguation).

Elvira
Origin
Word/Name	Arabic or Spanish

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

Elvira may refer to:

People

• Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily, wife of Roger II, King of Sicily 1130-1154
• Elvira Arellano, Mexican undocumented immigrant to the USA and cause célèbre
• Elvira of León, daughter of Alfonso VI of León
• Elvira de Hidalgo, Spanish singing teacher, mentor of Maria Callas
• Elvira Kurt, Canadian comedian
• Elvira Madigan, Danish ropedancer and trick rider
• Elvira Mendes, Queen of León (1008–1022)
• Elvira Nabiullina, Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade
• Elvira Nikolaisen, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• Elvira Notari, Italian filmmaker
• Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin champion
• Elvira Rahic, Bosnian (and Balkan) folk singer

Fictional characters

• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, a character 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, character in the opera Don Giovanni
• Elvira Dutton, Margaret Walker's book on slavery, Jubilee
• Elvira, character in the 1667 play Elvira by George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
• Elvira, title character in the 1763 play Elvira by David Mallet
• Lady Elvira Grey, a character in Fable (video game), Fable: The Lost Chapters and Fable II
• Elvira Hancock, Tony Montana's love interest in Scarface (1983)