Elvira
Meaning and origin
From Italian and Spanish Elvira. First recorded in Sweden in 1808.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elvira (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elvira has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 132 |
| 1999 | 134 |
| 2000 | 164 |
| 2001 | 164 |
| 2002 | 198 |
| 2003 | 238 |
| 2004 | 223 |
| 2005 | 237 |
| 2006 | 256 |
| 2007 | 336 |
| 2008 | 364 |
| 2009 | 349 |
| 2010 | 399 |
| 2011 | 350 |
| 2012 | 325 |
| 2013 | 322 |
| 2014 | 375 |
| 2015 | 291 |
| 2016 | 296 |
| 2017 | 296 |
| 2018 | 279 |
| 2019 | 280 |
| 2020 | 227 |
| 2021 | 258 |
| 2022 | 272 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,000 |
| 2000 | 2,136 |
| 2001 | 2,263 |
| 2002 | 2,433 |
| 2003 | 2,646 |
| 2004 | 2,847 |
| 2005 | 3,046 |
| 2006 | 3,311 |
| 2007 | 3,610 |
| 2008 | 3,965 |
| 2009 | 4,307 |
| 2010 | 4,691 |
| 2011 | 5,036 |
| 2012 | 5,337 |
| 2013 | 5,640 |
| 2014 | 5,988 |
| 2015 | 6,270 |
| 2016 | 6,560 |
| 2017 | 6,846 |
| 2018 | 7,101 |
| 2019 | 7,363 |
| 2020 | 7,577 |
Elvira in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elvira.Hi! My name is Elvira.
- Har du träffat Elvira? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elvira? She started working here on Monday.
- Elvira har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Elvira has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Elviras mamma är lärare.Elvira's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elviras mamma is Elvira's mum.
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Questions about Elvira
How do you pronounce Elvira in Swedish?
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What does the name Elvira mean?
From Italian and Spanish Elvira. First recorded in Sweden in 1808.
How popular is Elvira in Sweden?
272 babies were named Elvira in 2022. In 2020, 7,577 people in Sweden had Elvira as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.