Elvira

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Elvira is a female given name. It is of Spanish origin, originally believed to mean "the white". Other theories are that it is of Germanic or West Gothic origin and that the name means "alert" or "trustworthy".

Elvira may refer to:

People

Nobility

• 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 Mendes, Queen of León (1008–1022)
• 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 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

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 illegal immigrant to the US and cause célèbre
• Elvira Gamboa, alias Pearlasia Gamboa, convicted Filipino American fraudster
• Elvira Nabiullina (born 1963), Russian Minister of Economic Development and Trade

Fictional characters

• Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, a character 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, character in the opera L'italiana in Algeri
• Donna Elvira, character in the opera Don Giovanni
• Elvira, character 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, character 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 in Scarface (1983 film)
• Elvira Stitt, in the novel Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? and the 1963 film adaptation

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