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Elvira

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IvoryMadonna · 02/05/2015 16:13

No baby to name, but I've come across an Elvira in the family tree. It strikes me as a name that ought to be fashionable right now, as it has the popular El- beginning, and bears some resemblance in sound to Eve and Olivia. Yet it doesn't seem to appear in the 2013 stats at all. Am I missing something?

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theconstantvacuumer · 02/05/2015 17:57

I love it. Also love Tabitha, Kitty and Evangeline. They make me think of dark haired mysterious beauties Grin

squoosh · 02/05/2015 17:50

Too witchy.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 02/05/2015 17:18

Oh I thought you were thinking of using it and was going to suggest Evadne as an alternative.

Elvira - no. Can't think why but I always think that the mother of Samantha in Bewitched is called Elvira - she isn't, she's called Endora, but it sticks with me, so to me it sounds witchy and vampirey and just not really the sort of name I'd give a baby.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 02/05/2015 17:15

Elvira is the name of the first wife in Blithe Spirit. Not a very positive association either! Sounds too like Vera, which is not a name I've ever cared for.

confusedandemployed · 02/05/2015 17:12

I love it. It was my granny's middle name.

Alisvolatpropiis · 02/05/2015 17:11

I know an Elvira, she hates loathed and detests her name. Is more commonly known by her middle name as a result. She's in her 70's.

It has never been a popular name in the UK, has it?

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IvoryMadonna · 02/05/2015 16:21

The film, that is - I don't know what that website is.

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IvoryMadonna · 02/05/2015 16:20

Never heard of that, but it sounds fun! Grin

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Lunastarfish · 02/05/2015 16:19

ww.elivira.hostedbywebstore.com might explain why it is seldom used

dun1urkin · 02/05/2015 16:18

This ^^
Grin

chickenpoxpanic · 02/05/2015 16:15

This is the only Elvira I know www.imdb.com/title/tt0095088/