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Spain

Elvira is a female given name. First recorded in medieval Spain, it is likely of Germanic (Gothic) origin.

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Elvira may refer to:

Nobility

  • Elvira Menéndez, daughter of Hermenegildo Gutiérrez and wife of Ordoño II of León.
  • Elvira of Castile, Queen of León (965–1017)
  • Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (c. 1100-1135), wife of Roger II, King of Sicily
  • Elvira of Castile, Countess of Toulouse (before 1082?-1151)
  • Elvira of Toro (1038/9–1101), daughter of King Ferdinand I of León
  • Elvira of León, daughter of Alfonso VI of León
  • Elvira Menéndez, Queen of León (1008–1022), wife of Alfonso V of León.
  • Elvira Ramírez (c. 935–after 986), princess and regent of León

    • Arts and entertainment

  • Elvira Casazza (1887–1965), Italian mezzo-soprano
  • Elvira Gascón (1911-2000), Spanish painter and engraver
  • Elvira de Hidalgo (1891-1980), Spanish coloratura soprano and teacher of Maria Callas
  • Elvira Kralj (1900-1978), Slovenian actress
  • Elvira Kurt (born 1961), Canadian comedian
  • Elvira Madigan (1867-1889), Danish tightrope walker and trick rider
  • Elvira Nikolaisen (born 1980), Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • Elvira Notari (1875-1946), Italian filmmaker
  • Elvira Popescu (1894-1993), Romanian-born French actress and director
  • Elvira Quintana (1935–1968), Spanish-born Mexican actress and singer

    • Sports

  • Elvira Holzknecht (born 1973), Austrian retired luger
  • Elvira Khasyanova (born 1981), Russian synchronized swimmer
  • Elvīra Ozoliņa (born 1939), Latvian and former Soviet javelin thrower
  • Elvira Saadi (born 1952), retired artistic gymnast from the former Soviet Union
  • Elvira Todua (born 1986), Abkhazian Russian football goalkeeper
  • Elvira Vasilkova (born 1962), Belarusian former swimmer

    • Other

  • Elvira Arellano (born 1975), Mexican undocumented immigrant to the US and cause célèbre
  • Elvira Nabiullina (born 1963), head of the Central Bank of Russia

    • Fictional characters

  • Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, portrayed by Cassandra Peterson in television and film
  • Elvira Coot (Grandma Duck), grandmother of Donald Duck
  • Elvira, the title character of Noël Coward's Blithe Spirit
  • Elvira, heroine of the opera I puritani
  • Elvira, heroine of the opera Ernani
  • Elvira, in the opera L'italiana in Algeri
  • Donna Elvira, in the opera Don Giovanni
  • Elvira, in the 1667 play Elvira by George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol
  • Elvira, title character in the 1763 play Elvira by David Mallet
  • Elvira Almiraghi, portrayed by Franca Valeri in the 1959 film Il vedovo
  • Elvira Dutton, in Margaret Walker's book on slavery, Jubilee
  • Elvira Hancock, Tony Montana's love interest, portrayed by Michelle Pfeiffer in Scarface (1983 film)
  • Elvira Stitt, in the novel Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the 1963 film adaptation
  • Elvira, in the 2005 novel Ingo by Helen Dunmore

    • References

    Elvira Wikipedia
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