Given name & surname
Almira
“a princess; daughter born to royalty”
Almira is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a princess; daughter born to royalty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a princess; daughter born to royalty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In Slovenian usage, Almira is a feminine form of ALMIR.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Almira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,821
- 0 boys · 1,821 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 48 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,149 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,149 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,281 as a first name in 2020; 255 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Almira’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Almira is a feminine form of ALMIR. Almira has a related form in Almeara. Almira has a related form in Almearah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Almyravariant · English
- Allmiralikely variant
- Almearahvariant
- Almearavariant
- Almyrahvariant
- Almierahvariant
- Almeirahvariant
- Almeerahvariant
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Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Almira
- Almira SkripchenkoMoldovan-French chess playerborn 1976
- Almira Lincoln PhelpsAmerican educator, botanist, author (1793-1884)
- Almira SessionsAmerican actress (1888-1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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