Given name · also Greek
Elettra
“a shining woman”
Elettra is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “a shining woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a shining woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elettra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 6 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 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Elettra’s family of names
Elettra has a related form in Eletra. Elettra has a related form in Eletrah. Elettra has a related form in Elettrah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elettra
- Elettra LamborghiniItalian singer, model, actress and tv host (born 1994)
- Elettra Rossellini WiedemannAmerican modelborn 1983
- Elettra de ColItalian curlerborn 1987
- Elettra PollastriniItalian politician (1908–1990)
- Elettra DeianaItalian politician1941–2023
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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