Electra
Greek
"shining, bright"Electra Origin and Meaning
The name Electra is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "shining, bright".
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, Elettra, for her now grown daughter.
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Famous People Named Electra
- Electra Havemeyer WebbAmerican antiques collector; daughter of Henry Osborne Havemeyer and Louisine Elder
- Electra Webbdaughter of Electra Havemeyer Webb
- Electra Collins DorenAmerican suffragist and library scientist
- Electra Niarchos (b. 1995)daughter of Greek shipping heir Philip Niarchos and Victoria Guinness
- Carmen ElectraAmerican actress
- Anna Michaela Ebba Electra von HausswolffSwedish singer, pianist, organist and songwriter.
Electra in Pop Culture
- Electraprincess of Argos in Greek mythology, who plotted to kill her mother Clytemnestra as revenge for the murder of her father Agamemnon
- Electra Complexfemale equivalent of an Oedipal Complex
- "Mourning Becomes Electra" play cycle by Eugene O'Neill
- "Electra Heart" album by Marina and the Diamonds, inspired by her alter ego Electra
- Electrakitten in musical "Cats"
- Electra the Electric Traincharacter in musical "Starlight Express"
- ElectraCathy's dog from the comic strip "Cathy"
- Electraprotagonist of the movie Love by Gaspar Noe.