Meaning and background
The story behind Cora
Cora follows a Latinized form of Greek Kore, but the same spelling can also shorten longer names such as Corinna or Cordula. Its English-language history has a literary landmark in James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans. These are different strands, so an owner does not need to choose a single invented story that joins them all. As a dog name, Cora offers a compact personal-name sound with both classical and literary possibilities. A family nickname route can be just as relevant as the older Greek connection.
- Origin
- Latinized form of Kore; sometimes a short form of Corinna, Cordula or similar names. Source
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About Cora
Recorded as a dog’s name
Cora appears in 34 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/kɔɹə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/kɔɹə/ · primary stress on syllable 1K AO1 R AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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