Elettra as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Elettra

What is the meaning of the name Elettra ?

The baby name Elettra is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced Italian: /eˈlɛttra/ (eh-LET-trah); English approximation: /ɪˈlɛtrə/ (ih-LET-ruh).

Elettra is Greek in Origin.

Elettra is the Italian form of the Greek name Elektra (Latinized Electra), derived from Greek elektron, “amber,” whose warm glow gave rise to senses of “shining” and “radiant,” and later linked to the concept of electricity. The name’s luminous imagery has long appealed to poets and dramatists.

It is borne by several figures of Greek myth: the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra central to tragedies by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides; one of the Pleiades; and an Oceanid. Renaissance humanism revived classical names in Italy, helping establish Elettra, while the operatic and theatrical tradition (notably Strauss’s Elektra) and modern culture have kept it in circulation. Today the name is familiar in Italy yet uncommon elsewhere. Variants include Elektra (Greek/modern international), Electra (English), and the Italian Elettra; possible Italian diminutives include Letta and Etta.