Almira

Where Almira comes from

Coined name, possibly inspired by Elmira, of a queen of Castile in C. F. Handel's opera Almira (1705) to an Italian [Term?] libretto.
— Wiktionary's entry for Almira
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1793
    Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps born
    American educator, botanist, author
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #499
    15 babies named Almira — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,673.
  5. 1976
    Almira Skripchenko born
    Moldovan-French chess player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of mainly 18th and 19th century usage.
Namesakes
  • Almira Skripchenko · Moldovan-French chess player, born 1976
  • Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps · American educator, botanist, author, 1793–1884
  • Almira Sessions · American actress, 1888–1974

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.