Elmira

Where Elmira comes from

Possibly a feminine equivalent of Elmer, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (“noble”) + *mēraz (“famous”), as in Spanish Edelmira. Introduced through literature (Molière, Goethe).
— Wiktionary's entry for Elmira
  • Germanic
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #466 among girls — 13 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #390
    31 babies named Elmira — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1930
    Elmira Minita Gordon born
    Governor-General of Belize from 1981 to 1993
  4. 1934
    Elmira Gafarova born
    Soviet politician
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,336.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Elmira Minita Gordon · Governor-General of Belize from 1981 to 1993, 1930–2021
  • Elmira Gafarova · Soviet politician, 1934–1993
  • Elmira Shahtakhtinskaya · Azerbaijani painter, 1930–1996
  • Elmira Süleymanova · Soviet-Azerbaijani chemist, university lecturer and women's rights activist, 1937–2024
  • Elmira Akhundova · Azerbaijani writer, publicist and politician, born 1953

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.