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Not my taste. It has an ugly sound to it

I associate it with the Noel Coward character - one of the unsatisfactory wives in Blithe Spirit. There, it's pronounced el-VEE-ra and I'd never expect anything else in English. There is minimal Spanish spoken in South Africa, of course. It seems heavy and self-important, and I wouldn't consider using it. I know nothing about Mistress of the Dark, but she sounds livelier and more interesting than the Blithe Spirit version!

Very ugly, regardless of association.

Very dated in Spain - it was most common in the 1920's.

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I didn't care for it at first but now it's nice, although it isn't my style. I like the meaning and look on paper.

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I find it surprising that it's used in many languages. I thought it was only used in Spanish and Italian.

Don't like it at all

It's kind of a bad association for a baby name, but not really in general.
Also, depends how you pronounce it. el-VEER-a wouldn't evoke the character.
I kinda like Elvira as a baby name.

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Now I have an earworm ... I heard this a zillion times in my youth, alas:
"My heart's on fie-a / for Elvira
Giddy uppa oom poppa oom poppa mau mau!"

This message was edited 12/21/2021, 12:01 PM

No idea about the association, anyway I find it incredibly ugly.

I love Elvira! It's glamorous.

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I do associate it with Mistress of the Dark, but I like her.

It's a common name here in Sweden. I think it's alright, used to like it more but I'm a bit tired of it now,