Cora

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Cora is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name111K records spelled Cora8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Spain

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Corà, Cora', Çora, Corã, Corá

• a separate given name14K records spelled Cora7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

  Also written Corà, Çora, Corã, Corá, Côra

• French given name10K records spelled Cora3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Netherlands

  Also written Co'Ra, Corà

• Chinese given name3.0K records spelled Cora2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China

  Also written Cora'

• Romanian given name1.4K records spelled Cora2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Romania, Italy

  Also written Çora

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Cora is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, a territorial subdivision in Al-Andalus

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Spanish, Greek Kóon, ‘virgin, maiden, girl’; epithet of Proserpina.

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In French, D’origine discutée; évoque « graine » et « jeune ». Associé à des problématiques de mort précoce, réparation de vie; sans saint indiqué.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In French, Diminutif de Coralie, d'origine grecque, lié à koré « jeune fille ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cora Urquhart Brown-Potterb. 1857USAmerican actress (1857-1936)
• Cora Witherspoonb. 1890USactress (1890-1957)
• Cora Sue Collinsb. 1927USAmerican child actress
• Koko Taylorb. 1928USnot in their usual nameAmerican Chicago blues musician
• Cora Diamondb. 1937USAmerican philosopher
• Roselyne Bachelotb. 1946FRnot in their usual nameFrench politician
• Cora Miaob. 1958CNChinese actress
• Cora van Nieuwenhuizenb. 1963NLDutch former politician
• Cora Schumacherb. 1976DEGerman television personality
• Cora Jadeb. 2001USAmerican professional wrestler

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 902 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Cora?

We estimate roughly 62 thousand people bear Cora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Cora have the most bearers?

We estimate about 59 thousand people bear Cora in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled cora.

Where is Cora most common?

Cora is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 5.7 thousand people carrying it.

How common is Cora compared with other names?

In the United States, Cora is the 866th most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

Is Cora a male or female name?

Cora is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Cora mean?

Recorded meaning: Often from Greek Kore 'maiden'; also a short form of Corinne/Cordelia.