Elmira
From Greek, carrying the sense of a noble princess. Around 600 women in Poland have it, so most people here have never met one, though a girl or two still gets the name each year.
Elmira Pronunciation
Elmira is pronounced el-MEE-rah (/ɛlˈmira/).
What Elmira means
Where Elmira comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Elmira comes to Polish name lists from Greek, and its short meaning stays near the surface: princess, noble. That is a name built from status rather than from virtue. It belongs with the old vocabulary of rank, the words that mark who stood where.
The Polish gloss sharpens the picture. Wyniosła księżniczka, a princess who holds herself high. There is nothing modest in that reading. A child called Elmira on a school register stands out among the Zuzannas and Julias, her name pointing back to Greek and to a claim of high birth.
Elmira has no Polish diminutive fixed to it, and little in the way of a settled name-day. It travels light. What it keeps is the meaning it arrived with. Princess, noble.
How many people are named Elmira
1 in 36538 women in Poland is named Elmira. 617 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1200 among female names.
Elmira's popularity over time
2 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1545 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022. Still the #1200 name among living women, even as it slips to #1545 among newborns.
Where Elmira is most popular
Elmira is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian2 girls born+510%
Elmira as a middle name
Elmira is a first name for 617 women in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 97/3 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1767th, between Edwige (17) and Eloise (17).
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#1765 Dżamila17
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#1766 Edwige17
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#1767 Elmira17
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#1768 Eloise17
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#1769 Evelyne17