Ora
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning pray or golden; mouth.
Ora by the numbers
In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Ora. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 921 babies in 1919, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Ora
Names that are said the same way as Ora, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Orahlight or gold; a form of orah or ora9 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean wealth
Like Ora, each of these has wealth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Maddoxfortunate, beneficent; son of Madoc3,119 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Margaretpearl; precious gem2,242 in the US (2017)
- Maggiepearl; a form of Margaret271 in England and Wales (2025)
- Gemmagem or jewel1,241 in the US (2017)
- Margotpearl1,230 in England and Wales (2025)