First names in Hebrew

First name Cora: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

קורה

Gematria value: 311

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Cora is written קורה

Meaning and origin

What does Cora mean?

Meaning: "maiden" (Greek korē)
Origin: Greek

Cora comes from the Greek korē, "girl, maiden". It became a first name in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century, made popular by Cora Munro, the heroine of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826). It has come back strongly in America since the 2010s.

Gematria

Cora = 311

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. קורה has 4 letters:

• קthe letter Kuf100
• וthe letter Vav6
• רthe letter Resh200
• הthe letter He5
• Total311

The verse of the name

From the letter Kuf to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Cora, from ק to ה:

קוּם הִתְהַלֵּךְ בָּאָרֶץ לְאׇרְכָּהּ וּלְרׇחְבָּהּ כִּי לְךָ אֶתְּנֶנָּה׃

“Rise, walk through the land, its length and its breadth, for to you I will give it.”

Genesis 13:17

The book of your first name

Cora, in nine pages

• Cora, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Cora
• Cora, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Cora in three answers

How do you write Cora in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Cora is written קורה.

What is the gematria value of Cora?
Written קורה, Cora is worth 311: the letter Kuf (100) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5).

What does Cora mean?
Maiden" (Greek korē) (origin: Greek). Cora comes from the Greek korē, "girl, maiden". It became a first name in the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century, made popular by Cora Munro, the heroine of James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans (1826). It has come back strongly in America since the 2010s.