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This is the name of an Old Testament character, a great-great-grandmother of Abraham, spelled ערה in Hebrew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ora,_daughter_of_Ur
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It is also a nickname for Menorah or Menora, also not frequently used names.
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The following is probably not directly related to the history of this name but the word "Ora" is part of the Latin Hail Mary prayer. The line is "Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora pro nobis peccatoribus" meaning "Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners". I believe the word "Ora" is the Latin imperative meaning "pray".
Perhaps this name's popularity in the late 19th century and early 20th century USA was due to its sound. If you check the statistics, Cora, Nora, Dora, Mora, Zora and Aura were also very popular names at the time.
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Perhaps this name's popularity in the late 19th century and early 20th century USA was due to its sound. If you check the statistics, Cora, Nora, Dora, Mora, Zora and Aura were also very popular names at the time.
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Ora is a popular name in Israel and the meaning is "light" "bright" from Or. [noted -ed]
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The word ora means gold in Latin.
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The name "Ora" is most probably related to the Latin root "or", which is a root of "gold". For example "oro" means "gold" in Spanish.
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