Given name & surname

Gore

“from the triangle-shaped land”

Gore is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “from the triangle-shaped land.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

One English interpretation is “from the triangle-shaped land.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is English.

The story

As a given name, Gore was taken from the surname.

Gore’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Gore is a diminutive of GRIGORE. Gore has a related form in Gor. Gore has a related form in Goring.

Walk Gore’s family in the name graph

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Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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

Around the world

Gore has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.

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3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

Each dot marks where a language is rooted, not where people with the name live today. Bigger dots hold more names. Dots on the border stand for languages further away. Language locations from Glottolog (CC BY 4.0); map from Natural Earth.

Nicknames & forms 5

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

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Gore

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

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

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Gaël

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Gabrish

Gabrish is a surname from English.

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Dondré

Dondré is a masculine given name from English. It is used in French.

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>99% boys

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Garmond

Garmond is a given name from English. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

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Warfe

Warfe is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Cebuano.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Dandré

Dandré is a masculine given name from English. It is used in French.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Galeazzo

Galeazzo is a masculine given name from English. It is used in Italian.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

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Sêvê

Sêvê is a given name from English.

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Sibling ideas

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

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