Allegra (given name)

Allegra is a female given name of Italian origin meaning joyful (happy) or lively. It was first used as a name in the medieval era in Italy.

Allegra can refer to:


 * Allegra Byron (1817–1822), the illegitimate daughter of British Romantic poet George Gordon, Lord Byron and Claire Clairmont, the stepsister of Mary Shelley
 * Allegra Collins (born 1972), American attorney, educator and judge
 * Allegra Curtis (born 1966), American actress
 * Allegra Edwards, American actress
 * Allegra Fuller Snyder, American film director and dance ethnographer; daughter of R. Buckminster Fuller
 * Allegra Goodman, American author
 * Allegra Huston, author
 * Allegra Kent, American ballet dancer
 * Allegra McEvedy, British chef
 * Allegra Mostyn-Owen, British journalist and teacher
 * Allegra Spender, Australian businesswoman and politician
 * Allegra Stratton (born 1980), British journalist
 * Allegra Versace (born 1986), heiress to the fashion house Versace

Fictional characters

 * Allegra (comics)
 * Allegra, the main character on the 1994–1996 Nick Jr. television series Allegra's Window
 * Allegra Coleman, fictitious celebrity
 * Allegra Geller, fictional character in the 1999 film eXistenZ
 * Allegra Zane, fictional character in the 2002 television series Galidor: Defenders of the Outer Dimension
 * Allegra Pazzi, fictional character in the 2001 film Hannibal
 * Allegra Cole, fictional character in the 2005 film Hitch (film)
 * Allegra Sacrimoni, a fictional character in the HBO series The Sopranos
 * Allegra Garcia, a fictional DC Comics character