Elvira

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

Elvira may refer to:

Nobility

• 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

Arts and entertainment

• 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 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 (b. 1951)
• Elvira T, Russian pop singer.

Sports

• Elvira Holzknecht (born 1973), Austrian retired luger
• Elvira Khasyanova (born 1981), Russian synchronized swimmer
• Elvīra Ozoliņa (born 1939), Latvian and former Soviet javelin thrower
• Elvira Saadi (born 1952), retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union
• Elvira Todua (born 1986), Abkhazian Russian football goalkeeper
• Elvira Vasilkova (born 1962), Belarusian former swimmer
• Elvira Ziyastinova (born 1991), Russian footballer

Other

• Elvira Arellano (born 1975), Mexican 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, 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 Scarface (1983 film)
• Elvira Stitt, in the novel Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the 1963 film adaptation
• Elvira, in the 2005 novel Ingo by Helen Dunmore