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Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Allegra: Italian Meaning of Allegra: "joyous"
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In music, the term allegro means "quickly, lively tempo," which makes this still-unusual and quintessential ballet dancer's name all the more appealing.

One of the most creative sounding of names, Allegra has been associated with the American prima ballerina Allegra Kent, and has been chosen as a first or middle name for their daughters by poets George Gordon, Lord Byron and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, as well as by R. Buckminster Fuller and Donatella Versace.

Famous People Named Allegra

Allegra Kent, American ballet dancer
Allegra Versace, Italian heiress
Allegra Huston, American writer; sister of Anjelica Huston
Allegra Goodman, American writer
Clara Allegra Byron

Pop Culture References for the Name Allegra

Allegra, an allergy medication
Allegra Cole, from the movie "Hitch"
Allegra, character from Nickelodeon's "Allegra's Window"
Allegra Shapiro, protagonist of Virginia Euwer Wolff's "The Mozart Season"
Allegra Hunt, daughter of Callie and Owen, on "Grey's Anatomy"

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