Entry № 2851 · Greek origin

Elektra Elektra — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ eh-LEK-trah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Amber / shining (Sophocles Electra)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "amber / shining (sophocles electra)".

Elektra is from the Greek Ἠλέκτρα (Ēlektra — amber, shining, bright) — from Greek ēlektron (amber/electrum). Elektra is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek tragedy heritage. Greek feminine name reflecting Greek tragic heritage.

Amber / shining (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ἠλέκτρα
Transliteration
Ēlektra
Pronunciation
/ ɛˈlɛk.trə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Elektra stands.

Elektra 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.

Elektras before her.

Real people

In fiction
Electra
Mycenaean princess + daughter of Agamemnon + Aeschylus's Oresteia + Sophocles's Electra + Euripides's Electra + Jung's Electra Complex + Pleiades + Marvel comics.
Greek tragedy

Names connected to Elektra.

The number behind Elektra.

9

The Giver

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