Eudora

Where Eudora comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Eudora.

  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Eudora through the years
  1. 1860
    Eudora Bumstead born
    American poet, hymnwriter
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls, with 6 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1891
    Peak, #624
    18 babies named Eudora, its best rank.
  4. 1892
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,278.
  5. 1909
    Eudora Welty born
    American short story writer, novelist and photographer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Eudora Welty · American short story writer, novelist and photographer, 1909–2001
  • Eudora Bumstead · American poet, hymnwriter, 1860–1892

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.