Given name & surname
Kura
“of the river”
Kura is used as a given name and a surname. One Turkish interpretation is “of the river.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “of the river.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
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
Kura through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 0 boys · 64 girls
- Most popular year
- 1987
- 7 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 136 as a first name in 2020; 362 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.
Kura’s family of names
Kura has a related form in Kurah. In Filipino usage, Kura is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ᜃᜓᜇ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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