Given name
Elvera
“a-truthful woman; one who can be trusted”
Elvera is a variant of Elvira. One Latin interpretation is “a-truthful woman; one who can be trusted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elvera is a variant of Elvira. One Latin interpretation is “a-truthful woman; one who can be trusted.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Elvera is a variant of Elvira. An origin associated with Elvira is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elvera is a variant of Elvira. The history of Elvira gives this family its wider story. Elvira was used in medieval Spain. Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni provides a later operatic association, while the details of the name’s Germanic formation remain uncertain.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Elvera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,200
- 0 boys · 5,200 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 219 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 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 219 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,246 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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