Elektra (name)

Elektra, also spelt Electra, is a female given name. Its Greek origin ( Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) means "amber", and thus "shining", "incandescent". Names with similar meanings are Lucy and Svetlana. Variants are Ilektra, Ela, Elka, Elke, Elek, Elektrine.

It is also a surname.

People with the given name

 * Electra
 * Electra, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra in Greek mythology
 * Electra (Pleiad), one of the Pleiades in Greek mythology
 * Electra Waggoner Biggs (1912–2001)
 * Electra Carlin (1912–2000)
 * Electra Collins Doren (1861–1927), suffragette and library scientist
 * Electra Elite, Serbian singer and sex worker
 * Electra Mustaine (born 1998)
 * Electra Waggoner (1882–1925)
 * Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888–1960), American museum founder
 * Elektra
 * Elektra, name used by Salina Bartunek, competitor on American Gladiators
 * Elektra, ring name of Donna Adamo (born 1970), American wrestler
 * Elektra Fence, English drag queen
 * Elektra Shock (born 1992), New Zealand drag performer
 * Elecktra
 * Elecktra Bionic, Italian drag queen
 * Ilektra
 * Ilektra Apostolou (1912–1944), Greek Resistance member
 * Ilektra Lebl (born 1999), Greek swimmer

People with the surname

 * Carmen Electra (born 1972), American model
 * Dorian Electra (born 1992), American singer
 * Justine Electra, Australian musician based in Berlin

Fictional characters

 * Electra au Barca, a character in the Iron Gold science fiction series
 * Electra Heart, a character created by Welsh recording artist Marina Dimandis which her 2012 album, Electra Heart had songs that represented the character Electra Heart's life
 * Elektra King, character in the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough
 * Elektra Natchios from Marvel Comics
 * Mandy "Elektra" Perkins, characters in the TV series Tracy Beaker Returns and The Dumping Ground
 * Elektra Abundance, main character on the television show Pose