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Zamora

Zamora: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“from Zamora”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
zuh-MOR-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Taken from the Spanish place name Zamora and also used as a surname. The place-name etymology is uncertain, so the deeper meaning is not fully settled.

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How popular is Zamora?

202437.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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.

Babies named Zamora in 2024123

2024 rank#1,668 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,369

Zamora is rising: use over the last five years is 2.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zamora

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Zamora questions

What does the name Zamora mean?

Zamora means "from Zamora". It comes from Spanish. Taken from the Spanish place name Zamora and also used as a surname. The place-name etymology is uncertain, so the deeper meaning is not fully settled.

Is Zamora a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Zamora?

123 US babies were named Zamora in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Zamora?

Zamora is usually pronounced zuh-MOR-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.