Alzira

al-ZEE-rah; al-TZEE-rah

Arabic

"ornament"

Alzira Origin and Meaning

The name Alzira is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "ornament".

Alzira found its highest degree of popularity in the mid-nineteenth century after Giuseppe Verdi created an opera of the name Alzira, after its romantic heroine. Despite Verdi using the name for a Peruvian princess, Alzira is an arabic name Verdi's opera, despite the name's arabic roots, the name was given to a Peruvian princess. Alzira is also the name of a Spanish city in Valencia.