Given name & surname
Mora
“resembling a blueberry”
Mora is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a blueberry.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “resembling a blueberry.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mora through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 945
- 0 boys · 945 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,771 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,771 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 955 as a first name in 2020; 57,092 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.
Mora’s family of names
Mora has a related form in Morah. Mora has a related form in Morra. Mora has a related form in Morrah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
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