Given name & surname

Cura

Cura is a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Cura isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Cura through the years

Babies since 1880
11
0 boys · 11 girls
Most popular year
1975
6 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19750.0
Cura in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1975–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 920 as a surname in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Cura’s family of names

Cura may belong to the same name family as CCURA. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Cura’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Cura, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Hebrew

Kiva

“protected by God”

21RareRising

5% boys · 95% girls

Hawaiian

Kina

“woman of China”

19Very rareRising

>99% girls

surnames

Keri

“having black hair”

19Very rareCooling

>99% girls

 

Karena

“one who is pure; virginal”

20RareCooling

>99% girls

Nature

Cari

“from the river” · “from the fort on the hill”

20RareSteady

18% boys · 82% girls

 

Keya

19Very rareCooling

>99% girls

 

Keysha

29RareRising

>99% girls

 

Corie

“from the hollow; of the churning waters”

23RareEasing

9% boys · 91% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Cura’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Cura

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