Throughout the world, Zora (Zora 
, Зора 
, زورا 
) is a common principally girly, but very seldom masculine given name. The given name Zora is characteristic of Croatia, where it is quite a common girly name, Bulgaria, and Montenegro. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Algeria, Croatia, and the United States. Likewise, Zora is the last name as well as the forename.
Zora is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Zora | India, United States, Algeria, Croatia, Morocco |
| Зора | Kazakhstan, Serbia, Russia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan |
| زورا | Iraq |
| זורה | Israel |
Zora is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Aurora , the title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent; Zora , the fictional artificial intelligence, Star Trek: Discovery; Zora Lancaster , character in So Random!; Beatriz Pinzón Solano , character in Yo soy Betty, la fea and Zora e Vida , among other works.
| zora rexituni TR (b. 300) |
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zora g. clevenger American sports coach (1881-1970), US (b. 1881) |
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zora montgomery courtney wife of Herme Hahnen, US (b. 1882) |
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zora cross Australian poet, novelist, journalist, AU (b. 1890) |
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zora neale hurston African American folklorist, novelist, short story writer, and Civic Rights advocate (1891-1960), US (b. 1891) |
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zora zarnik Slovenian pianist, SI (b. 1904) |
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| zora preradović Croatian painter, RO (b. 1867) |
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zora janzekovic Slovene surgeon, SI (b. 1918) |
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zora šemberová CZ (b. 1913) |
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zora tomič Slovenian sociologist (1929-2021), SI (b. 1929) |
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zora rupena SI (b. 1920) |
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zora konjajev SI (b. 1921) |
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zora perello DE (b. 1922) |
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zora folley American boxer (1932-1972), US (b. 1932) |
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| zora klavžar IT (b. 1878) |
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