Given name
Elvita
“a-truthful woman; one who can be trusted”
Elvita is a variant of Elvira. One Latin interpretation is “a-truthful woman; one who can be trusted.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Elvita 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
Elvita 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Elvita 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
Elvita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 0 boys · 31 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 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 5 in 1984. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 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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