Given name & surname
Kore
“girl, maiden, daughter”
Kore is a feminine given name from Ancient Greek, meaning “girl, maiden, daughter.”
Original Hebrewקורא
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Kore is a variant of Kora. An origin associated with Kora is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek κόρη (“girl, maiden, daughter”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Kore appears in 1 Chronicles 9:19.
From biblical name research
Kore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 77 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 263 as a first name in 2020; 272 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.
Kore’s family of names
Kore may have a later derivative in Corinna. This connection is qualified rather than certain. Kore has a related form in Kora. In Greek usage, Kore as a surname is a transliteration of Κορέ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 10
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