Bora
Bora is a girl name of Korean origin, meaning Purple.
What Bora means
Purple.
Bora is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Bora comes from
Korean given names are usually two syllables, each written with a hanja character chosen for its meaning, and siblings often share one of the two.
Bora is recorded as Korean in origin. Browse other Korean names.
How popular is Bora?
Bora is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Bora is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Bora
We group Bora under Color. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Color
Names like Bora
These share Bora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Bianca — White, pure.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Blue — The colour of the sky and sea.
- Bluebell — The woodland bell flower.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Jade — The green gemstone of the side.
- Midori — Green.
- Ruby — The deep-red gemstone.
- Sienna — Reddish-brown earth; from Siena.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Amber — Golden fossilized resin.
- Amethyst — The calming purple gem.