Elettra

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Elettra

Say it: eh-LET-trah

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Meaning

From Greek Elektra, connected with elektor 'shining, the beaming sun'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

6 babies given this name since 2020
At its height in 2020, about 1 in 266,500 girls
6 babies in 2020

Through the ages

The Modern Age1880 to today

Used by

The family of the name

Greek	Ilektra
English	Electra

Famous bearers

Elettra Marconi, daughter of Guglielmo Marconi

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Where this comes from

Ancient Greek literature and history (Homer, Herodotus, Plutarch and others)
National birth statistics of European countries source
United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.

Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.