Message: "Elvira" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Elvira

by Wordsmith

5/31/2011, 7:12 PM

I've been flirting with this name for quite some time, and I think I've finally come around to liking it. What are your thoughts? For the record, I pronounce it "el-VEER-uh."

Which of these combinations strike you?

Elvira Adeline
Elvira Antoinette
Elvira Bernadette
Elvira Blythe
Elvira Capucine
Elvira Caroline
Elvira Catherine
Elvira Cecily
Elvira Charlotte
Elvira Clementine
Elvira Constance
Elvira Cybele
Elvira Dagny
Elvira Daisy
Elvira Daphne
Elvira Dorothy
Elvira Edith
Elvira Eleanor
Elvira Emily
Elvira Esther
Elvira Florence
Elvira Gwendolen
Elvira Hazel
Elvira Imogen
Elvira Ingrid
Elvira Josephine
Elvira Judith
Elvira Juliet
Elvira Lillian
Elvira Lucy
Elvira Madeleine
Elvira Madeline
Elvira Magdalen
Elvira Margaret
Elvira Margery
Elvira Marigold
Elvira Marjorie
Elvira Maud / Maude
Elvira Melisande
Elvira Millicent
Elvira Natalie / Nathalie
Elvira Ottilie
Elvira Ottoline
Elvira Patience
Elvira Pomeline
Elvira Primrose
Elvira Sibyl / Sybil
Elvira Violet
Elvira Vivian / Viviane / Vivien / Vivienne
Elvira Winifred
Elvira Xanthe

#Elvira

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- Orsino (bananarama)

6/6/2011, 1:26 PM

I think Elvira is a lovely name.

- Claire (Clarice)

6/1/2011, 4:43 PM

My father was telling me just last week that he thought Elvira was a name you don't hear enough (along with Enid and Evadne). So hooray for Elvira! She's quite enchanting.

My favourite are Elvira Dorothy. And Elvira Marigold is almost singing :)

- Anneza

5/31/2011, 10:55 PM

Elvira Blythe is very ... spirited! Though I admit it does sound good.

- mirfak +2

5/31/2011, 8:12 PM

It's pretty when pronounced that way, but a little fancy for me. I'm more of an Elva type.

Seeing it written, I'm afraid it's ruined for me by having had the Oak Ridge Boys' singing and the image of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark lodged in my impressionable brain. I guess those things are forgettable for someone named today, though, or at least can be easily laughed off.

Elvira Marjorie strikes me.

- Malk +1

5/31/2011, 11:02 PM

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers the Mistress of the Dark and the Oak Ridge Boys.

- Hufflepuffer (Ora)

6/1/2011, 12:41 AM

Psh, I'm 25 and remember them. Elvira is still around too! She does cult-level B-work now that's not seen by a whole lot... but still, every year at Halloween, you can still find an Elvira costume at Party City!

And every now and again she's in the news for whatever reason.

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