Zora (first name)

Zora is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

The name comes from the South and West Slavic and means twilight / aurora .

variants

• Zorana (Croatian)
• Zorana (Serbian)
• Zarja (Slovenian)

Well-known namesake

• Zora del Buono (* 1962), Swiss architect, journalist and writer
• Zora Holt (* 1975), German actress and screenwriter
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), American writer and folklorist
• Zora Karaman (1907–1974), Yugoslav entomologist
• Zora Slokar (* 1980), Swiss horn player
• Zora Thiessen (* 1980), German actress
• Zora Vesecká (* 1967), Czech film actress

Well-known namesake

• Zora Folley (1932–1972), American heavyweight boxer

See also

• Zora

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Zora. Retrieved April 19, 2019 .