Korra

Korra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “maiden”
Origin: Greek
Say it: KOR-uh · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Usually treated as a variant of Cora, from Greek kore 'maiden'. This exact spelling is also strongly associated with modern fictional use.

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How popular is Korra?

202460.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Korra in 2024201

2024 rank#1,185 girls

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18801,981

Korra is rising: use over the last five years is 4.4× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Korra

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

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Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
Elenabright, shining light · Greek

Korra questions

What does the name Korra mean?

Korra means "maiden". It comes from Greek. Usually treated as a variant of Cora, from Greek kore 'maiden'. This exact spelling is also strongly associated with modern fictional use.

Is Korra a boy or girl name?

Korra is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Korra?

201 US babies were named Korra in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Korra?

Korra is usually pronounced KOR-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.