Ora Forename
30,869th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 26,211 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cook Islands
Ora Forename Definition:
Found as a baptismal name. From Ora, name of Hersilia (who married Romulus) as a goddess, Ov. Met. xiv. 851; or an abbreviation of Orabel, q. v.
Ora Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 86% | 23,276 | 1:15,576 | 1,410 |
| India | 54% | 585 | 1:2,076,714 | 107,014 |
| Indonesia | - | 356 | 1:724,617 | 49,230 |
| Canada | 100% | 288 | 1:115,046 | 5,541 |
| Papua New Guinea | 61% | 230 | 1:35,445 | 3,506 |
| Liberia | 100% | 193 | 1:22,860 | 1,544 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 122 | 1:28,889 | 1,896 |
| Thailand | 95% | 116 | 1:604,016 | 26,802 |
| South Africa | 98% | 113 | 1:482,590 | 23,399 |
| Nigeria | 77% | 101 | 1:1,758,063 | 36,576 |
| Philippines | 54% | 75 | 1:1,413,460 | 34,721 |
| New Zealand | - | 60 | 1:75,601 | 3,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 67% | 48 | 1:369,726 | 6,270 |
| England | 90% | 42 | 1:1,323,879 | 19,785 |
| DR Congo | 83% | 41 | 1:1,800,673 | 45,176 |
| Finland | 66% | 36 | 1:152,311 | 2,948 |
| Russia | 71% | 36 | 1:4,006,492 | 21,115 |
| Italy | 54% | 33 | 1:1,850,366 | 13,218 |
| Croatia | 100% | 27 | 1:156,188 | 3,094 |
| Jamaica | - | 25 | 1:115,329 | 4,649 |
| Honduras | 100% | 21 | 1:419,879 | 6,925 |
| Austria | 100% | 19 | 1:448,116 | 4,416 |
| Switzerland | 70% | 18 | 1:456,305 | 7,530 |
| France | 100% | 17 | 1:3,910,020 | 17,575 |
| Brazil | 83% | 16 | 1:13,389,760 | 149,801 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 13 | 1:14,950,591 | 86,698 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 12 | 1:5,108 | 894 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 12 | 1:113,452 | 7,514 |
| Albania | 100% | 11 | 1:276,961 | 12,691 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Haiti | 83% | 10 | 1:1,072,695 | 14,984 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 10 | 1:601,834 | 9,645 |
| Serbia | 71% | 10 | 1:714,572 | 5,483 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9 | 1:2,401,167 | 48,579 |
| Estonia | - | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Zimbabwe | 50% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Germany | 54% | 8 | 1:12,084,734 | 38,839 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 7 | 1:4,660,502 | 27,414 |
| Belgium | 100% | 7 | 1:1,641,434 | 16,483 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Israel | 100% | 7 | 1:1,200,417 | 15,461 |
| Malaysia | 92% | 7 | 1:4,349,991 | 105,289 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| Australia | - | 6 | 1:2,276,270 | 19,652 |
| Cambodia | 60% | 6 | 1:2,712,222 | 28,071 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Ukraine | 83% | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Ivory Coast | 80% | 5 | 1:4,615,187 | 69,481 |
| Kosovo | - | 5 | 1:372,288 | 10,773 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 5 | 1:10,557,664 | 41,958 |
| Venezuela | 67% | 5 | 1:6,040,379 | 77,223 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Cook Islands | - | 4 | 1:4,538 | 691 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| Nepal | 100% | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Uganda | 75% | 4 | 1:10,239,230 | 65,177 |
| Belarus | 100% | 3 | 1:3,160,795 | 12,102 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Greece | 100% | 3 | 1:3,644,849 | 16,562 |
| Niger | 67% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Turkey | 100% | 3 | 1:25,933,903 | 52,822 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Denmark | - | 2 | 1:2,824,749 | 21,465 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Hungary | - | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Netherlands | 61% | 2 | 1:8,451,042 | 32,813 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 2 | 1:290,478 | 6,813 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 2 | 1:3,575,996 | 76,635 |
| Zambia | - | 2 | 1:7,927,397 | 45,785 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Chile | 100% | 1 | 1:17,607,208 | 48,996 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Egypt | - | 1 | 1:91,900,946 | 53,283 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1 | 1:97,560,133 | 29,608 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Norway | - | 1 | 1:5,132,329 | 37,513 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Peru | 100% | 1 | 1:31,791,454 | 110,866 |
| Poland | 50% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Scotland | - | 1 | 1:5,350,366 | 24,769 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Spain | - | 1 | 1:46,529,965 | 35,592 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1 | 1:9,857,907 | 78,968 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wales | - | 1 | 1:3,094,309 | 16,222 |
Ora (8,216) may also be a surname.
Ora Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found as a baptismal name. From Ora, name of Hersilia (who married Romulus) as a goddess, Ov. Met. xiv. 851; or an abbreviation of Orabel, q. v.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
A Teutonic name, meaning: Incidental.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
A Latin name, meaning: Imperative of orare, pray!
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Ora Forename Popularity
Ora Demographics
Ora Political Affiliation
in United States
Sample size: 4,295 (2014)
United States
Average
Phonetically Similar Names
Ora Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ora in the Russian language | ||
| Ора | ora | - |
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