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Elvira

American  
[el-vahyr-uh, -veer-uh] / ɛlˈvaɪr ə, -ˈvɪər ə /

noun

  1. a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “elf counsel.”


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Maria Elvira Salazar from Florida and Brian Fitzpatrick from Pennsylvania, the only Republican signatories to date.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

But decades later the three, prodded by Elvira, go on a quest to understand what really happened to them and their parents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Rep. María Elvira Salazar, a Miami Republican, lamented the separation of mixed-status families at a news conference last month to promote a bill she is sponsoring, dubbed the Dignity Act.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

In summer 2025, Russia's Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina said that the economy was close to a "scenario of balanced rates of economic growth".

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2026

And me, the dreamer who tries to escape room H-5, a kid with a computer named Elvira.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper

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