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Liora has always been on my favourites list, and I've been content with the explanation "feminine form of Lior - "my light". But now I'm creating a webpage of my favourite names, and I'm giving the most in-depth explanations I can.
So, does anyone have more information about Liora? When it was first used, significant namesakes etc.?
Thanks in advance,
Elinor
So, does anyone have more information about Liora? When it was first used, significant namesakes etc.?
Thanks in advance,
Elinor
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Liora is indeed a feminine form of Lior, although Lior and Orli are for both sexes.
I would say Liora sounds more feminine to American & European people, because to them "or" isn't a classic feminine ending (this is also why Yocheved became Yachet http://snipurl.com/bnxq, Vered Varda, Ruth Rutilia, Miriam Maria and so on). That's why it's probably more used in Diasporah than in Israel.
Now, for the name Liora itself... One of its earlier forms is Eliora (although the meaning is different, they're close on paper and by sound), which gave Aliénor.
Namesake:
A daughter of King Charles Martel (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/CharlesMar.html), named Hiltrud Eliora. Several forms of the name Eliora are found: Alienor, Aliora, Elia and Alienora. She was born in 720 and died in 754. She married Duke Odilon of Bavaria and is the mother of Tassilon III of Bavaria.
I hope it helped!
Claire
Edited to add:
http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=5620
http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4651
I would say Liora sounds more feminine to American & European people, because to them "or" isn't a classic feminine ending (this is also why Yocheved became Yachet http://snipurl.com/bnxq, Vered Varda, Ruth Rutilia, Miriam Maria and so on). That's why it's probably more used in Diasporah than in Israel.
Now, for the name Liora itself... One of its earlier forms is Eliora (although the meaning is different, they're close on paper and by sound), which gave Aliénor.
Namesake:
A daughter of King Charles Martel (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ch/CharlesMar.html), named Hiltrud Eliora. Several forms of the name Eliora are found: Alienor, Aliora, Elia and Alienora. She was born in 720 and died in 754. She married Duke Odilon of Bavaria and is the mother of Tassilon III of Bavaria.
I hope it helped!
Claire
Edited to add:
http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=5620
http://www.hebrewletters.com/item.cfm?itemid=4651
This message was edited 12/29/2004, 5:08 PM
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