Allegra

Where Allegra comes from

Borrowed from Italian Allegra, from allegra (“cheerful”), inspired by the musical term allegro.
— Wiktionary's entry for Allegra
  • Italian
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    First appearance
    #1,793 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Peak, #1,044
    154 babies named Allegra — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2000
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,236.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Italian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.