Personal remark:The name of the heroine in a Doctor Who fan fiction I wrote.
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Feminine form of Fionn. This name was (first?) used by the Scottish poet James Macpherson in his poem Fingal (1761), in which it is spelled as Fióna.
Kate
Gender:Feminine
Usage: English, Croatian
Pronounced:KAYT(English)
Personal remark:This is for another Doctor Who fan fiction I wrote. When I first began writing, I named all my heroines Kate or some variation thereof. Although I try to use a name only once sometimes I can't help it
Short form of Katherine, often used independently. It is short for Katherina in Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew (1593). It has been used in England since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer is the British actress Kate Winslet (1975-).
Leora
Gender:Feminine
Usage: Jewish, English, Hebrew
Pronounced:lay-OH-ra(Jewish, Hebrew)
Personal remark:Heroine in a Star Trek: Into Darkness: Awakening - Hound of the Baskerville's Reimagined, an STID Fan Fiction.
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Anglicized variant of Liora. In some cases, however, it might have been given as a contracted form of Leonora.