Elvira

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

Elvira may refer to:

Music

Elvira (song), written by Dallas Frazier and became a famous country and pop hit by The Oak Ridge Boys in 1981

Elvira Menéndez, 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 León, daughter of Alfonso VI of León
Elvira Menéndez, Queen of León (1008–1022), wife of Alfonso V of León.
Elvira Ramírez (c. 935–after 986), princess and regent of León

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 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 Arellano (born 1975), Mexican undocumented immigrant to the US and cause célèbre
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

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