Entry № 457 · Italian origin

Allegra Allegra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-LEG-rah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Italian
Meaning
"Joyful, cheerful"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Italian)

A name that means "joyful, cheerful".

Allegra is the Italian word for "joyful" or "lively" — the musical term allegro shares the root. Lord Byron named his illegitimate daughter Allegra (1817-1822).

Allegra is rare in the U.S. The actress Allegra Versace is a contemporary bearer.

Joyful. The Italian word, the musical tempo.

The name in its native script.

Allegra
Transliteration
Allegra
Pronunciation
/ əˈlɛɡ.rə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Allegra stands.

Allegra 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.

Allegras before her.

Real people
Allegra Byron
Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter.
1817 – 1822
In fiction

Names connected to Allegra.

The number behind Allegra.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Allegra reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.