Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Elvire isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Elvire through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 0 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 9 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 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 221 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.
Elvire’s family of names
In French usage, Elvire has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elvira. In French usage, Elvire has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Elwira. In French usage, Elvire has a conventional equivalent in the Finnish form ELVIIRA.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Elvire has relatives in 5 languages.
4 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Elvire
- Elvire AdjamonsiBeninese movie creator, cultural developerborn 1971
- Elvire de CernyFrench writer (1818-1899)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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