Zora is a meaningful literary heroine name honoring Zora Neale Hurston, an important black writer and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. 
 Spelled Zorah, it is a biblical place name, and is also the name of a character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Ruddigore.
 Fairly well used from the 1880s until 1940, Zora reached a high of Number 293 in 1885.Now, Zora is back in the charts and given to more than 300 girls every year, perhaps because of its namesake and how it makes an interesting alternative to Nora, Cora, or Zara.

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ashthedreamer's list "The Best Rare Names of WWII - Girls" of 1 great name ideas: Zora - Zora!

The Best Rare Names of WWII - Girls

These names are the best and most refreshing of dozens of names pulled from research for a blog I wrote for Nameberry a couple years ago...  all names come from first or last names for women who were wives, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, daughters, etc. of men in the US Army or Navy who died in the line of duty during WWII (sometimes, these were women soldiers themselves).  Data was pulled from veterans from Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington, for a fair sampling from the whole country.

The Best Rare Names of WWII - Girls

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