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Жора
Жора (Žóra) is a masculine given name from Russian. It is used in Russian and Ukrainian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Žóra.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
From Russian Жора, built from English Georgie + Ukrainian -а.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Жора’s family of names
In Russian usage, Жора has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Jorge. In Ukrainian usage, Жора can be written in the Roman alphabet as Žóra. In Russian usage, Жора has a conventional equivalent in the East Circassian form Жорэ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Жора has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Russian roots to each of them.
Russianwhere Жора comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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