Sora
Sora is a girl name of Japanese origin, ranked #101 in popularity, meaning Sky.
What Sora means
Sky.
Sora 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 Sora comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Sora is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Sora?
Sora is ranked #101, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Sora
Two ideas meet in Sora: Sky and the stars and sky. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Sora
These share Sora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Celestia — Of the heavens.
- Lani — Sky; heaven.
- Nalani — The heavens; calm skies.
- Noelani — Heavenly mist.
- Sky — The heavens above.
- Aditya — The sun.
- Haneul — Sky; heaven.
- Helios — The sun.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Tsuki — The moon.
- Buraun — Cloud.
- Haruse — Star.