Given name
Adora
“one who is beloved”
Adora is used as a given name. One Latin interpretation is “one who is beloved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “one who is beloved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Adora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,373
- 0 boys · 2,373 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 106 babies
- 2025
- 78
- #2,326 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 78 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,326 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Florida shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,942 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Adora’s family of names
Adora has a related form in Adoria. Adora has a related form in Adore. Adora has a related form in Adoree.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Adorevariant
- Adoreevariant
- Adoriavariant
- Adorahvariant
- Adorralikely variant
- Addoralikely variant
- Audoravariant
- Adorleevariant
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Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Adora
Characters named Adora: She-Ra (the Masters of the Universe franchise, lead character of a 1985 and 2018 animated series).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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