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Evora

Gender
Girl
Say it
EV-o-ra
Origin
Portuguese
UK rank, 2025
#3,776 for girls
US rank, 2025
#13,203 for girls

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Evora is a girls' name of Portuguese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Evora mean?

Portuguese: Portuguese city name, from Roman Ebora

Shares its name with Evora, a historic walled city in southern Portugal with a well-preserved Roman temple.

Is Evora a girl's or a boy's name?

Evora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Evora in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,776among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 46,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 333% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Evora, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.

2021Busiest: 6 in 20212025
Evora in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#3,776
20240–
20234#4,915
20221#7,487
20216#3,697

How popular is Evora in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Evora, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.

2025 had fewer girls named Evora than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Evora in the US since 1880 were born between 1925 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1909Busiest: 13 in 19212025
Evora in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
202411#8,941
202312#8,481
202210#9,674
202112#8,459
20207#12,137
20196#13,793
20188#11,422
20177#12,709
20160–
20155#16,413
20140–
20130–
20126#14,956
20115#16,756
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19630–
19628#4,864
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19529#3,795
19517#4,384
19500–
19495#5,243
19487#4,203
19470–
19460–
19450–
194410#2,945
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19397#3,427
19385#4,340
19376#3,798
19366#3,699
19355#4,202
19345#4,284
19336#3,751
19329#3,045
19315#4,329
19308#3,343
19295#4,568
19285#4,723
192713#2,551
192611#2,871
19256#4,425
19245#5,059
19238#3,640
19220–
192113#2,633
19200–
19197#3,815
191811#2,821
19170–
19168#3,256
19157#3,433
19145#3,617
19130–
19127#2,359
19110–
19100–
19095#2,208

Names like Evora

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Evora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/evora, updated 20 October 2026.