Xora
Girl · ZOR-ah · Slavic
Xora is a girls' name of Slavic origin, meaning “dawn”. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Xora mean?
Slavic: respelling of Zora
“dawn”
Zora Neale Hurston, author of Their Eyes Were Watching God, is a famous bearer of Zora.
- Say it
- ZOR-ah
Is Xora a girl's or a boy's name?
Xora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,454among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Xora, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the girls named Xora in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Xora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
Names like Xora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola Cora Louisa Ximena Rosa Xara Xaria Xena Flora Zora Nora Vera
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