Comments for the name Zora

"Çîðà" ("zora") is a Slavonic word and means "dawn". That is why the female name "Çîðà" ("Zora") is also used in Bulgaria. Other names with the same route, which are used in Bulgaria, are the female name "Çîðêà" ("Zorka"), its male form "Çîðêî" ("Zorko"), the male name "Çîðàí" ("Zoran"), its female form "Çîðàíà" ("Zorana"), the female name "Çîðèíà" ("Zorina"), its male form "Çîðèí" ("Zorin"), but the most popular name in Bulgaria connected with "çîðà" is "Çîðíèöà" ("Zornitz(s)a"). In Bulgarian the word "çîðíèöà" means "morning star".

"Zora" is pronounced with short "o" and short "a" and the stress is on the 2nd syllable, i.e. on the "a"; but the English speaking people pronounce "Zora" with a stress on the 1st syllable, i.e. on the "o", that is why the "a" is not clear.

"Zora" (the stress is on the "a") is a Slavonic word and means "dawn". That is why the feminine name "Zora" (the stress is on the "a" or on the "o") is also used in Bulgaria. Other names with the same root, which are used in this country, are the feminine name "Zorka" (the stress is on the "o"), its masculine form "Zorko" (the stress is on the "o"), the masculine name "Zoran" (the stress is on the "o"), its feminine form "Zorana" (the stress is on the 1st "a"), the feminine name "Zorina" (the stress is on the "i"), its masculine form "Zorin" (the stress is on the "i"), but the most popular name in Bulgaria, which is connected with "zora", is the feminine name "Zornitza" (the stress is on the "i"). "Zornitza" means "morning star" in Bulgarian.

Zora Neale Hurston (January 7, 1891–January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

No offense to anyone with the name Zora, but my aunt named one of her horses Zora. It is a unique name though.

In the video game "Zelda - Ocarina of Time" the Zora are the fish-like merpeople:

http://www.zelda-world.com/v3/img/zeldaoot/personnages/Zora_1.jpg.

Despite the Zelda association, I would totally use this name for a daughter, I love the sound of it. The problem is, in my language, it is pronounced just like "såra" which means "to wound" Not the greatest name to be shouting at the mall, maybe?

Zora was a character in the books Money Hungry and Begging for Change by Sharon Flake.

Zora Neale Hurston was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

It can also have the different spelling and pronunciation "Zarya".

In the new Disney Channel Original Series, Sonny With A Chance (starring Demi Lovato), one of the characters is named Zora.

Now THIS name is unique. Not like Zoey and Mackenzie which people think sound so unique. Love this name! :DDD

In my story the main character is named Zora, I wanted to relate her to the meaning dawn, without using Dawn or Aurora.

In Croatia (and probably other countries as well), ZORKA is a variant/diminutive of Zora. [noted -ed]

I think this is a really nice name, it's a shame it's not used more often in the English-speaking world. :-)

English pronunciation is "ZAW-ra".

Zora Neale Hurston was an American author. She was born in 1891 in Notasulga, Alabama. She is best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God".

African-American actor Vondie Curtis-Hall has a daughter Zora (bron 1999).