Cora Name Meaning, Origin, Nicknames, Graphic Designs

Name: Cora

Pronunciation: ko-ruh

Origin: Greek

Meaning: Core, heart; Maiden

Gender: girl’s name, feminine name

Story of Cora name 🔗

Cora is a girl’s name of Greek origin. It has several meanings, including “core”, “heart”, and “maiden”. Cora has ties to Greek mythology and is an alternative name for Persephone, the daughter of Zeus.

It was used by James Fenimore Cooper for a character in his 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans. It is today most commonly viewed as a variant name derived from the Ancient Greek Κόρη (Kórē), an epithet of the Greek goddess Persephone. Alternatively, but rarely, it may be rooted in the Gaelic cora, the comparative of cóir, meaning just, honest, virtuous or good.

Variants of Cora name 🔗

Variant forms of this name include Kora, Korra, and Corah.

Common Nicknames for Cora 🔗

• Cor
• Coco
• Rori

Graphic design(s) for Cora 🔗

Cora name is written with roses and flowers:

Famous women named Cora 🔗

• Cora Baggerly Older (1875–1968), American writer and historian
• Cora Baldock (born 1935), Australian-Dutch Sociologist
• Cora Berliner (1890–1942), German economist and social scientist
• Cora Almerino, Cebuano Visayan writer
• Cora Cané (1923–2016), Argentine journalist
• Cora Daniels, African-American author
• Cora Lenore Williams (1865–1937), American writer and educator
• Cora Linn Daniels (1852–1934), American author
• Cora Minnett (born 1868), Australian author and actress
• Cora Rigby (1865–1930), American journalist
• Cora Rónai (born 1953), Brazilian writer, journalist, and photographer
• Cora Semmes Ives (1834–1916), American writer
• Cora Seton (born 1969), American author
• Cora Sherlock (born 1976), Irish writer, blogger, and campaigner
• Cora Stephan (born 1951), German writer
• Cora Taylor (born 1936), Canadian writer
• Cora Coralina (1889–1985), Brazilian poet
• Cora Alicto (Low) (born 1980), track and field sprint athlete who competes for Guam
• Cora Campbell (born 1974), Canadian water polo player
• Cora Combs (1923–2015), American professional wrestler
• Cora Farrell (born 1999), American curler
• Cora Huber (born 1981), Swiss bobsledder
• Cora Livingston (1887/1889 -1957), American professional wrestler
• Cora Mildred Maris Clark (1885–1967), New Zealand hockey player, administrator, and nurse
• Cora Olivero (born 1978), Spanish athlete
• Cora Staunton (born 1981), Irish footballer
• Cora Westland (born 1962), Dutch cyclist
• Cora Amalia Castilla (born 1961), Mexican politician and activist
• Cora Brown (1914–1972), first African-American woman elected to a U.S. state senate
• Cora Etter (1924–2020), Canadian politician
• Cora Louisa Burrell (1889–1962), New Zealand National Party activist
• Cora Mae Bryant (1926–2008), American blues musician
• Cora Reynolds Anderson (1882–1950), American politician
• Cora Taylor Casselman (1888–1964), Canadian federal politician
• Cora Faith Walker (1960s–2022), American lawyer and politician
• Cora van Nieuwenhuizen (born 1963), Dutch politician
• Cora Cardigan (1860–1931), stage name of Hannah Rosetta Dinah Parks, English flautist
• Cora E. (born 1968), German hip-hop artist
• Cora Folsom Salisbury (1868–1916), American musician and composer
• Cora Gordon (1879–1950), English artist, writer, and musician
• Cora Green (1895-after 1949), American actress, singer, and dancer
• Cora LaRedd, American singer and dancer in the 1920s and 1930s
• Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (1857–1936), American stage actress
• Cora Vander Broek (born 1977), American actress
• Cora Venus Lunny (born 1982), Irish violinist
• Cora Waddell (born 1989), Filipino actress, fashion model, and video blogger
• Cora Witherspoon (1890–1957), American actress
• Kora Karvouni (born 1980), Greek actress
• Cora Lily Woodard Aycock (1868–1952), American political hostess
• Cora Ann Pair Thomas (1875–1952), American Baptist missionary
• Cora Webb Bass (1906–1987), American educator, WAACs officer
• Cora Belle Brewster (1859–?), American physician, surgeon, medical writer, editor
• Cora Bussey Hillis (1858–1924), American child welfare advocate
• Cora Amalia Castilla (born 1961), Mexican politician
• Cora Catherine Calhoun Horne (1865–1932), Black suffragist, civil rights activist, and Atlanta socialite
• Cora Cohen (1943–2023), American artist
• Cora Alta Ray Corniea (1889–1958), American conservationist
• Cora Crane (1868–1910), American businesswoman, nightclub and bordello owner, writer, and journalist
• Cora Diamond (born 1937), American philosopher
• Cora Dow (1868–1915), American pharmacist
• Cora Alice Du Bois (1903–1991), American cultural anthropologist
• Cora Durand (1902–1998), Picuris Pueblo potter
• Cora E. Simpson (1880–1960), American nurse and nursing educator
• Cora Elm (1891–1949), American nurse in World War I
• Cora Emmanuel (born 1992), French fashion model
• Cora Evans (1904–1957), American Mormon leader
• Cora G. Burwell (1883–1982), American astronomical researcher
• Cora Goffin (1902–2004), British actress
• Cora Gooseberry (c. 1777–1852), Aboriginal Australian Murro-ore-dial woman and cultural knowledge keeper
• Cora Harrington, American writer and lingerie expert
• Cora Hartshorn (1873–1958), American pioneer in the field of birth control
• Cora Helena Sarle (1867–1956), American Shaker artist
• Cora Hubbard (1877–?), American outlaw
• Cora Huidekoper Clarke (1851–1916), American amateur entomologist, science educator, and botanist
• Cora Jipson Beckwith (1875–1955), American zoologist
• Cora Johnstone Best (1878–1930), American mountaineer
• Cora Kelley Ward (1920–1989), American painter and photographer
• Cora Laparcerie (1875–1951), French comedian, poet, and director
• Cora LeEthel Christian, the first native woman of the U.S. Virgin Islands to earn a medical degree
• Cora Martin-Moore (1927–2005), American gospel singer
• Cora Miao (born 1958), Chinese actress
• Cora Millet-Robinet (1798–1890), French agricultural innovator and silk producer
• Cora Nyegaard (1812–1891), Danish composer
• Cora Pearl (1835–1886), French courtesan
• Cora Scott Pond Pope (1856–?), American teacher, scriptwriter, real estate developer
• Cora Randolph Trimble (1871–1946), American socialite
• Cora Ratto de Sadosky (1912–1981), Argentine mathematician, educator, and militant activist
• Cora Sadosky de Goldstein (1940–2010), Argentine mathematician
• Cora Sandel (1880–1974), Norwegian painter and writer
• Cora Schumacher (born 1976), German actress, model, racing driver, and presenter
• Cora L. V. Scott (1840–1923), American medium
• Cora Skinner (born 1985), American glamour model and actress
• Cora Slocomb di Brazza (1862–1944), American-born Italian activist and businesswoman
• Cora Smalley Brooks (1885–1930), American painter
• Cora Smith Eaton (1867–1939), American suffragist, physician, and mountaineer
• Cora Sternberg (born 1951), American medical oncologist
• Cora Sue Collins (born 1927), American former child actress
• Cora Sutton Castle (1880–1966), American educator, Sociologist, author, and clubwoman
• Cora Camoin (1930–2018), French actress
• Cora Walker (1922–2006), American lawyer
• Cora Walton (1928–2009), birth name of American Blues singer Koko Taylor
• Cora Stuart Wheeler (1852–1897), American poet, author
• Cora Wilding (1888–1982), New Zealand physiotherapist and artist
• Cora Wilson Stewart (1875–1958), American social reformer and educator

Similar Names 🔗

• Kora
• Coral
• Lora
• Keira
• Corey
• Korie
• Kira
• Laura
• Kori
• Cory
• Zora
• Cara
• Kyra
• Kiera
• Kara
• Aurora
• Nora
• Kiara
• Norah
• Cori