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Electra

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Electra: Greek Meaning of Electra: "shining, bright"
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Though the tragedies of the Greeks and Eugene O’Neill that used this name are filled with incest and murder, Electra is still a brilliant choice. Isabella Rossellini chose the gentler Italian verson, Elletra, for her now grown daughter.

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Famous People Named Electra

Carmen Electra, actress
Electra, daughter of philanthropist Louisine Havemeyer

Pop Culture References for the Name Electra

Freud lent this name to the 'Electra Complex,' the female equivalent of an Oedipal Complex

Nicknames & Variations for Electra

Alectra, Elektra, Ellectra, Ellektra, Oectra

Electra's International Variations

Elettra (Italian)

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