Entry № 2860 · Italian origin

Elettra Elettra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-LET-trah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Shining, amber"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "shining, amber".

Elettra is the Italian form of Electra — from the Greek ēlektron, meaning "amber" (the substance that gave us electricity through its electrical properties). In Greek tragedy, Elektra is the daughter of Agamemnon who avenged her father's murder.

Shining amber. The Italian Electra.

The name in its native script.

Elettra
Transliteration
Elettra
Pronunciation
/ əˈlɛt.trə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Elettra stands.

Elettra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Elettras before her.

Real people
Elettra Lamborghini
Italian singer.
born 1994
In fiction
Elettra
Italian Electra of Greek tragedy.
Greek tragedy

Names connected to Elettra.

The number behind Elettra.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Elettra reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.