Zora - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. zo-ra, zor-a ] The girl name Zora is pronounced ZAORah ^KEY. Zora has its origins in the Latin and Slavic languages. It is used largely in Slavic. From Slavic roots, its meaning is 'dawn'. Zora is the feminine equivalent of the Slavic Zoran.

In addition, Zora is a Slavic form of the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish Aurora.

Zora is rare as a baby girl name. In 1900, 0.031% of baby girls were named Zora. It was #338 in rank then. The baby name has suffered a substantial decline in frequency since then, and is of only irregular use now. In 2007, out of the family of girl names directly related to Zora, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, and Spanish Aurora was the most widely used.

Baby names that sound like Zora include the Arabic Zahrah, the Italian and Spanish Zaira, the English, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Zara, the German Zarah, the Arabic Zahira, and the English Zaria.

^KEY: English pronunciation for Zora: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"

A famous person named Zora is Author, Zora Neale Hurston, born 7 January 1891 - 28 January 1960, Notaslga, Alabama.

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