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

People

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 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 Amazar (1890s-1971), Serbian-born Russian-American soprano singer and actress * Elvira Barney (1904-1936), English actress and socialite * Elvira Betrone (1881–1961), Italian actress * Elvira Casazza (1887–1965), Italian mezzo-soprano * Elvira Cristi (born 1976), Chilean actress and model * Elvira Gascón (1911-2000), Spanish painter and engraver * Elvira Godeanu (1904–1991), Romanian stage actress * 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 Natali (born 1996), Indonesian actress and author * Elvira Navarro (born 1978), Spanish writer * Elvira Nikolaisen (born 1980), Norwegian singer-songwriter * Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italian filmmaker * Elvira Pagã (1920-2003), Brazilian actress and singer * Elvira Popescu (1894-1993), Romanian-born French actress and director * Elvira Quintana (1935–1968), Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer * Elvira Rahić (born 1973), Bosnian pop-folk singer * Elvira Ríos (1913-1987), Mexican actress and singer * Elvira T (born 1994), Russian pop singer * Elvira Travesí (1919-2009) was a Peruvian-born Argentinean actress * Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, stage name of Cassandra Peterson (born 1951)

Politicians

* Elvira Abdić-Jelenović (born 1967), Bosnian politician *Elvira Aitkulova (born 1973), Russian politician * Elvira Badaracco (1911-1994), Italian politician * Elvira Pola Figueroa (born 1957), Mexican politician * Elvira Kovács (born 1982), Serbian politician * Elvira Olivas (born 1935), Mexican politician * Elvira "Pixie" Palladino (1932-2006), American politician * Elvira Rodríguez (born 1949), Spanish politician and economist * Elvira Rodríguez Leonardi, Argentine politician * Maria Elvira Salazar (born 1961), American journalist and broadcast television anchor, U.S. Representative from Florida.

Sports

* Elvira Guerra (1855–1937), Italian equestrienne * Elvira Herman (born 1997), Belarusian sprinter * Elvira Holzknecht (born 1973), Austrian retired luger * Elvira Khasyanova (born 1981), Russian synchronized swimmer * Elvira Öberg (born 1999), Swedish biathlete * Elvīra Ozoliņa (born 1939), Latvian and former Soviet javelin thrower * Elvira Pančić (born 1980), Serbian sprinter * Elvira Possekel (born 1953), German athlete * Elvira Saadi (born 1952), retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union * Elvira Shatayeva, Russian professional mountain climber * Elvira Stinissen (born 1979), Dutch Paralympic sitting volleyball player * Elvira Todua (born 1986), Abkhazian Russian football goalkeeper * Elvira Urusova (born 1968), Georgian athlete * Elvira Vasilkova (born 1962), Belarusian former swimmer * Elvira Ziyastinova (born 1991), Russian footballer

Other

* Elvira Arellano (born 1975), Mexican international activist, undocumented immigrant to the US and ''cause célèbre'' * Elvira Cuevas, Puerto Rican ecologist * Elvira Devinamira, Indonesian beauty pageant titleholder * Elvira Dolinar (1870–1961), Slovenian writer, feminist and teacher * Elvira Fölzer (1868–after 1928), German archaeologist * Elvira Lindo (born 1962), Spanish journalist and writer * Elvira Lobato, Brazilian journalist * Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins (born 1957), Brazilian poet * Elvira Nabiullina (born 1963), head of the Central Bank of Russia * Elvira Notari (1875–1946), Italian filmmaker * Elvira Willman (1875–1925), Finnish playwright, journalist and revolutionary socialist * Elvira Wood (paleontologist), Elvira Wood (1865–1928), American paleontologist who specialized in vertebrate paleontology

Fictional characters

* 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 (play), 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 (writer), 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 (1983 film), Scarface'' * Elvira Stitt, in the novel ''What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (novel), Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?'' and the 1963 film adaptation * Elvira, in the 2005 novel ''Ingo (novel), Ingo'' by Helen Dunmore {{given name French feminine given names Italian feminine given names Spanish feminine given names Portuguese feminine given names Romanian feminine given names Russian feminine given names