Allegra (given name)

{{Infobox given name2

| name = Allegra

| image=Allegra Byron.jpg

| image_size=200

| caption=The story of Allegra Byron (1817–1822), "Lord Byron's Allegra", has been one inspiration for use of the name.

| pronunciation={{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|ɡ|r|ə}}
{{IPA|it|alˈlɛːɡra|lang|}}{{cite web

|title=allegra

|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allegra

|publisher=Dictionary.com

|accessdate=2008-07-23

}}

| gender = female

| meaning = Joyful, Lively

| shortform =

| language = Italian

| seealso =

}}

Allegra ({{IPAc-en|ə|ˈ|l|ɛ|ɡ|r|ə}}; {{IPA|it|alˈleːɡra|lang|}}){{cite web

|title=allegra

|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/allegra

|publisher=Dictionary.com

|accessdate=2008-07-23

}}

is a female given name of Italian origin meaning joyful (happy) or lively.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=70–71|isbn=0-19-861060-2}} It was first used as a name in the medieval era in Italy.S.L. Uckelman. "Allegra". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2023/1/name/Allegra

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