Given name
Madora
“a great ruler”
Madora is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “a great ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a great ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Madora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 356
- 0 boys · 356 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 16 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 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 220 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.
Madora’s family of names
Madora has a related form in Medea. Madora has a related form in Madorah. Madora has a related form in Madorra.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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