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View Name: Cora


CORA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: English, German
PRONOUNCED: KAWR-ə (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
Created by James Fenimore Cooper for his novel 'The Last of the Mohicans' (1826). He may have based it on KORË or CORINNA.
Related Names
VARIANTS: Corie, Corrie (English), Kora (German)
DIMINUTIVES: Coretta, Corrie, Corie (English)
Popularity
United States  ranked #204 
Northern Ireland  ranked #77 



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