Bora Forename
14,492nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 66,587 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Cambodia
Highest density in:
Cambodia
Bora Forename User-submission:
The name Bora, Boran, or Borak derives from the word bora, which means 'hurricane' or 'strong wind' in Turkish. Its name derives from the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας), the North Wind. Bora is also a Korean female given name.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 81% | 20,496 | 1:794 | 172 |
| Turkey | 100% | 9,350 | 1:8,321 | 1,006 |
| DR Congo | 88% | 8,847 | 1:8,345 | 905 |
| Serbia | 100% | 4,817 | 1:1,483 | 288 |
| Tanzania | 80% | 4,769 | 1:11,069 | 1,393 |
| India | 65% | 4,737 | 1:256,466 | 24,949 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,699 | 1:26,375 | 3,273 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,015 | 1:128,022 | 13,706 |
| Ivory Coast | 62% | 1,624 | 1:14,209 | 1,419 |
| United States | 54% | 825 | 1:439,439 | 12,099 |
| Albania | 100% | 730 | 1:4,173 | 830 |
| Egypt | 64% | 607 | 1:151,402 | 6,063 |
| Kenya | - | 438 | 1:105,724 | 5,450 |
| Germany | 100% | 200 | 1:483,389 | 5,191 |
| Benin | 100% | 171 | 1:61,847 | 4,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 171 | 1:41,825 | 3,817 |
| Iraq | 100% | 169 | 1:207,206 | 3,549 |
| South Korea | - | 166 | 1:33,400 | 2,635 |
| Pakistan | 99% | 161 | 1:1,207,191 | 19,784 |
| Canada | 100% | 158 | 1:209,705 | 7,852 |
| Papua New Guinea | 58% | 156 | 1:52,258 | 5,063 |
| Senegal | 97% | 152 | 1:95,930 | 2,784 |
| England | 73% | 135 | 1:411,873 | 9,401 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 131 | 1:26,904 | 1,855 |
| Russia | 94% | 129 | 1:1,118,091 | 9,262 |
| Afghanistan | 68% | 125 | 1:260,988 | 5,954 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 116 | 1:265,400 | 5,580 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 112 | 1:2,840 | 586 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 105 | 1:19,912 | 2,101 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 101 | 1:167,347 | 6,845 |
| Nigeria | 77% | 97 | 1:1,830,560 | 37,732 |
| Qatar | 100% | 79 | 1:29,995 | 4,090 |
| Austria | 100% | 66 | 1:129,003 | 2,387 |
| Croatia | 100% | 60 | 1:70,285 | 2,070 |
| France | 89% | 57 | 1:1,166,146 | 8,576 |
| Philippines | 60% | 57 | 1:1,859,815 | 42,253 |
| Belgium | 97% | 50 | 1:229,801 | 5,278 |
| Switzerland | 93% | 49 | 1:167,622 | 4,226 |
| Kosovo | - | 47 | 1:39,605 | 3,275 |
| Thailand | 58% | 43 | 1:1,629,438 | 49,421 |
| Zimbabwe | 71% | 42 | 1:367,234 | 18,418 |
| Sweden | 83% | 38 | 1:259,419 | 8,288 |
| Slovenia | 57% | 35 | 1:70,250 | 2,442 |
| Australia | - | 31 | 1:440,568 | 7,424 |
| South Africa | 60% | 29 | 1:1,880,436 | 57,269 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Denmark | - | 22 | 1:256,795 | 5,179 |
| Kazakhstan | 75% | 21 | 1:845,088 | 9,826 |
| Uganda | 86% | 21 | 1:1,950,330 | 25,877 |
| Bulgaria | 55% | 18 | 1:388,355 | 6,963 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 18 | 1:1,021,082 | 27,989 |
| Congo | 79% | 17 | 1:294,659 | 6,743 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Moldova | - | 11 | 1:323,740 | 2,377 |
| Greece | 100% | 10 | 1:1,093,455 | 9,717 |
| Italy | 73% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 10 | 1:63,458 | 2,374 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 10 | 1:2,376,968 | 55,480 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8 | 1:26,779,519 | 235,888 |
| Czechia | 51% | 8 | 1:1,332,020 | 3,968 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 8 | 1:70,506 | 2,305 |
| Azerbaijan | 75% | 7 | 1:1,377,563 | 17,419 |
| Mexico | 67% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Norway | 100% | 7 | 1:733,190 | 11,461 |
| Ukraine | 67% | 7 | 1:6,499,987 | 10,516 |
| Israel | 50% | 6 | 1:1,400,486 | 16,782 |
| Belarus | 100% | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Malaysia | 56% | 5 | 1:6,089,988 | 140,568 |
| Wales | 100% | 5 | 1:618,862 | 7,373 |
| Gambia | - | 4 | 1:481,649 | 818 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Nepal | 75% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Niger | 75% | 4 | 1:4,795,998 | 43,246 |
| Poland | 82% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 4 | 1:7,703,141 | 17,485 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Spain | - | 4 | 1:11,632,491 | 19,317 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Algeria | - | 3 | 1:12,725,573 | 18,455 |
| Jordan | 80% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 2 | 1:10,805,252 | 86,897 |
| Chile | - | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Hungary | 93% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1 | 1:159,461,366 | 36,167 |
| Estonia | - | 1 | 1:1,315,380 | 8,883 |
| Finland | - | 1 | 1:5,483,183 | 25,487 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Malawi | - | 1 | 1:17,112,310 | 24,110 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
The alternate forms: Bóra (1) & Böra (1) are calculated separately.
Bora (414,482) may also be a surname.
Bora Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
The name Bora, Boran, or Borak derives from the word bora, which means 'hurricane' or 'strong wind' in Turkish. Its name derives from the Greek mythological figure of Boreas (Βορέας), the North Wind. Bora is also a Korean female given name. Unlike most Korean given names, which are composed of two single-syllable Sino-Korean morphemes each written with one hanja, Bora is an indigenous Korean name, a single two-syllable word, meaning 'purple'.
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Sample size: 149 (2014)
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Bora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bora in the Russian language | ||
| Бора | bora | - |
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