Mora

Where Mora comes from

The dictionaries list Mora as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    First appearance
    #740 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1887
    Peak, #733
    10 babies named Mora — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1889
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,279.
  4. 1937
    Mora Windt-Martini born
    Romanian handball player
  5. 1972
    Mora Godoy born
    Argentinian actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Mora Windt-Martini · Romanian handball player, 1937–2014
  • Mora Godoy · Argentinian actress, born 1972
  • Mora Furtado · Argentinian television presenter, born 1946
  • Mora Namdar · Iranian-American diplomat, born 1986

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.