Given name & surname
Alvera
“guardian of all; speaker of the truth”·“guardian of all”
Alvera is a feminine form of Alvaro. One Spanish interpretation is “guardian of all.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Spanish use, Alvera carries the interpretation “guardian of all; speaker of the truth.” Alvera is a feminine form of Alvaro. One Spanish interpretation is “guardian of all.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
How it developed
Alvera is used as a feminine counterpart of Alvaro.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,515
- 0 boys · 2,515 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2008. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 113 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 707 as a first name in 2020; 152 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.
Alvera’s family of names
Alvera is a feminine form of Alvaro. Alvera has a related form in Alvira. Alvera has a related form in Alverna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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