Elektra is a female given name. Its

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

origin ( Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) means "amber", and thus "shining", "incandescent". Names with similar meanings are

Lucy Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, ...

and Svetlana. Variants are Ela, Elka, Elke, Elek, Elektrine.

Name days

*Czech: 13 December or 20 March

People with the given name Elektra or Electra

Electra Electra (; grc, Ήλέκτρα) is one of the most popular mythological characters in tragedies.Evans (1970), p. 79 She is the main character in two Greek tragedies, '' Electra'' by Sophocles and '' Electra'' by Euripides. She is also the centr ...

, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology *

Electra (Pleiad) In Greek mythology, Electra (; 'amber') was one of the Pleiades (Greek mythology), Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas (mythology), Atlas and Pleione (mythology), Pleione. She lived on the island of Samothrace. She had two sons, Dardanus (son ...

, one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology *Salina Bartunek, competitor known as Elektra on '' American Gladiators'' * Donna Adamo (born 1970), American wrestler known as Elektra * Elektra Apostolou (1912-1944), Greek Resistance member * EIlektra Lebl (born 1999), Greek swimmer

Fictional characters

Elektra Natchios Elektra Natchios (, ) is a fictional Character (arts), character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Frank Miller, the character first appeared in ''Daredevil (Marvel Comics series), Daredevil'' #168 (Jan. 1981 ...

from

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Comics'' in 19 ...

. * Elektra King, character in the 1999 James Bond film ''

The World is Not Enough ''The World Is Not Enough'' is a 1999 spy film, the nineteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions and the third to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by Michael Apted, from an o ...

'' *

Electra Heart ''Electra Heart'' is the second studio album by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, released under the stage name Marina and the Diamonds. It was released on 27 April 2012 by 679 Artists and Atlantic Records. Diamandis collaborated with producers ...

, a character created by Welsh recording artist Marina Dimandis which her 2012 album, ''

''had songs that represented the character Electra Heart's life. * Mandy "Elektra" Perkins, in Tracy Beaker Returns and

The Dumping Ground ''The Dumping Ground'' (also informally referred to as ''The DG'') is a British children's television drama series that focuses on the lives and experiences of young people who live in a children's home with their care workers in care. The s ...

. * Elektra Abundance, main character on the television show '' Pose'' * Electra au Barca, a character in the Iron Gold science fiction series

People with the surname Electra or Elektra

Carmen Electra Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), known professionally as Carmen Electra, is an American actress, model, singer, and media personality. She began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she met Prince, who produced h ...

, (born 1972) American model *

Dorian Electra Dorian Electra Fridkin Gomberg (born 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and performance artist. Their debut studio album, ''Flamboyant'', was released in 2019, followed by their second studio album, '' My Agenda,'' in 2020. Electra is kno ...

, (born 1992) American singer

External links

Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Electra
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