Korea

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Korea by the numbers

Korea was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Korea

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Korea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Koramaiden; form of Kore or Cora503 in the US (2017)
  • Korra136 in the US (2017)
  • Koree15 in the US (2017)
  • Koren5 in the US (2017)
  • Karenpure; a form of Catherine559 in the US (2017)
  • Karlafree woman; a form of Carla552 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Korea

Names that are said the same way as Korea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Coramaiden; a form of Kore3,422 in the US (2017)
  • Korahbald; form of korach from the hebrew bible45 in the US (2017)
  • Corahcalling, summons; a feminine form of korah23 in the US (2017)
  • Corra17 in the US (2017)
  • Khora7 in the US (2017)
  • Korrah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Korea

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