The origin of the name Cora is still being discussed. It is commonly associated with the Greek word ‘korē’ meaning ‘girl’, ‘maiden’, or ‘daughter’. Alternately it might be rooted in the Gaelic word ‘cora’ meaning ‘just’, ‘honest’ or ‘good’.
Cora is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.
The first name Cora is one of the top 100 most popular girls names in the US – currently at #88 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Cora, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn girls. In the entire USA, approximately 108,721 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Cora. That is 0.03 % of all living Americans.
The origin of the name Cora is still being discussed. It is commonly associated with the Greek word ‘korē’ meaning ‘girl’, ‘maiden’, or ‘daughter’. Alternately it might be rooted in the Gaelic word ‘cora’ meaning ‘just’, ‘honest’ or ‘good’.
Did you know... that 'korē' is another name for the Greek goddess Persephone? 'Korē' was often used when referring to her as the godess of vegetation and not as queen of the underworld.
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The US-American was as a Democrat who represented Detroit. In 1952 she became the first African-American woman elected to a state senate (Michigan Senate) in the United States.
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Catherine Ann Cora (*1967)
Catherine Ann Cora is usually referrd to as Cat Cora. Besides her cookbooks, Cat is widly known for her role as an »Iron Chef« on the TV cooking show Iron Chef America. She also is the co-host of the reality competition television series Around the World in 80 Plates.
When you hear the name Cora, you might first think of a woman or a girl. But did you know that there are also places with the name Cora? Are you also called Cora? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
There are a few locations in different states of the U.S. that are called »Cora«, for example in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, West Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming.
»Cora« is the name of a metallic asteroid from the middle region of the asteroid belt. It has a diameter of about 30 kilometers.
are an indigenous ethnic group that reside in North Western Mexico.
Appearing throughout the time in the United States, the name Cora is a staple in the country: Girls have been given the name Cora for more than 140 years, according to official U.S. naming statistics. Cora is therefore one of the 432 girls’ names that have been given every year since 1880. Even beyond that, Cora is a very special name that peaked in popularity over 100 years ago in the 19th century, ranking in the top 100 girls' names in our SmartGenius first name statistics: With #15 Cora has never been more popular than back in 1880.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Cora was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
As many as 3,049 babies were named Cora in the USA in 2022, ranking it #74 on the list of the most popular girls' names for that year. However, it experienced its lowest point of popularity in 1988, when it was only ranked #826 of all female names in our SmartGenius statistics – back then only 201 girls were named Cora.
The name Cora may not be in the top rankings of the most popular girls’ names, but it is one of the few female given names, along with only 536 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Cora is apparently especially popular in Mississippi. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular women’s names here either, one in 556 women in Mississippi is called Cora. In total, that’s 3,460 women who feel addressed when the name Cora is shouted loudly across Mississippi and who ensure that their name makes it to #138 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common female names in this nice state. If you asked all women in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Cora as the answer a total of 108,721 times. This places Cora at #310 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular women’s names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living women across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Cora as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for girls' names. This is because 6.0% of all common girls’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of girls' names, by the way, are A, S and M.
With four letters, the name Cora is shorter than most other given names. In fact, only 5.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly four letters. Just 1.2% of all first names are even shorter, while 93% consist of more than four letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
That means that with 6.0% of all girls' names that begin with a C, this first letter is much more common than the average of all letters. And which girls’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Carol.
If your name is Cora and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Cora, you can simply say:
Cat
Orange
Rocket
Apple
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Cora
Cora
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
C
O
R
A
In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
C
O
R
A
In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Cora sounds like this:
