Meaning: Maiden; sometimes a short form of another name
The story
Cora is the Latinized form of Greek Kore, maiden. It entered wider English naming after The Last of the Mohicans, and it can also shorten names such as Corinna or Cordula.
Nicknames
- Cori
- Coco
Spellings & variants
- Kora
- Kore
- Corinna
Popularity
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In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.
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Origins
Cora comes from Greek.
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