Given name & surname
Alvira
“guardian of all; speaker of the truth”
Alvira is a variant of Alvera. In Spanish use, Alvera carries the interpretation “guardian of all; speaker of the truth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alvira is a variant of Alvera. In Spanish use, Alvera carries the interpretation “guardian of all; speaker of the truth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alvira connects to the Alvaro name family through Alvera. An origin associated with Alvaro is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1885. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Alvira through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 927
- 0 boys · 927 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 43 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 5 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 417 as a first name in 2020; 719 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Alvira
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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