Allegra
Allegra is a girl name of Italian origin, meaning Joyful and lively.
What Allegra means
Joyful and lively.
Allegra sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Allegra comes from
Italian names preserve Latin forms more directly than most European languages, often keeping the original vowel endings that other languages dropped.
Allegra is recorded as Italian in origin. Browse other Italian names.
How popular is Allegra?
Allegra does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Allegra
We group Allegra under Joy and Happy — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Allegra
These share Allegra's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sachiko — Child of happiness.
- Bliss — Perfect joy.
- Farah — Joy; happiness.
- Joy — Great happiness and delight.
- Keisha — Joyful and favored.
- Makena — The happy one.
- Ayo — Joy.
- Tatum — Cheerful; brings joy.
- Thabo — Joy; happiness.
- Noemi — Pleasantness; delight.
- Abigail — My father's joy.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.