Fun Facts About the Name Amora
- More than 9 thousand babies named Amora: U.S. records list 9,410 babies given the name Amora from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Amora Mean?
Amora is a modern given name that is traced to two unrelated sources, so its meaning depends on which one is meant. The most direct is the Portuguese word amora, the everyday name for the blackberry, the fruit of the bramble genus Rubus. It descends from Latin mora, the plural of morum, "mulberry" or "blackberry," which is related to Greek móron, "mulberry." Taken literally, the name means "blackberry." In some parts of Portugal and Brazil, amora also names the mulberry, but the bramble fruit is the usual sense.
A separate explanation takes the name from Hebrew. The Hebrew word amora (אָמוֹרָא) means "speaker" or "spokesman," from the root אמר, "to say, speak." In rabbinic literature the Amoraim were the scholars who expounded the Mishnah in the Talmudic academies of the Land of Israel and Babylonia, from about the third to the fifth century CE. On this derivation the name carries the sense "speaker" or "spokeswoman."
Amora is also sometimes listed as a variant of Amara, a name whose own origins are separate and disputed; the two are not necessarily connected. Which of these sources lies behind the given name is uncertain.
Amora Name History & Origins
The Portuguese word amora is ordinary vocabulary, and the Hebrew amora belongs to the technical language of rabbinic Judaism. Both are older than the modern given name, which is the form in which Amora is now most often encountered.
Amora is also the name of a town in Portugal, in the municipality of Seixal, south of Lisbon.
In English-speaking countries Amora is used as a girl's name in the same general style as Amara and Amoura. The name is familiar from Amora the Enchantress, a Marvel Comics character who first appeared in the 1960s, but a well-known fictional use is not the same as the earliest use of the name.
How Popular is the Name Amora?
Amora recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #247 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #247 | 1,259 | 0.0783% |
| 2024 | #285 | 1,104 | 0.0684% |
| 2023 | #364 | 842 | 0.0525% |
| 2022 | #373 | 844 | 0.0515% |
| 2021 | #398 | 791 | 0.0482% |
| 2020 | #363 | 854 | 0.0529% |
| 2019 | #354 | 890 | 0.0531% |
| 2018 | #571 | 541 | 0.0318% |
| 2017 | #694 | 418 | 0.0242% |
| 2016 | #1,018 | 260 | 0.0147% |
| 2015 | #1,036 | 257 | 0.0144% |
| 2014 | #1,301 | 183 | 0.0102% |
| 2013 | #1,191 | 201 | 0.0115% |
| 2012 | #1,346 | 174 | 0.0099% |
| 2011 | #1,542 | 142 | 0.0081% |
| 2010 | #1,584 | 138 | 0.0078% |
| 2009 | #1,831 | 117 | 0.0064% |
| 2008 | #1,914 | 110 | 0.0058% |
| 2007 | #3,098 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2006 | #2,582 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 2005 | #3,649 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2004 | #4,395 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #6,315 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2002 | #5,909 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #13,619 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #9,938 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #8,044 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #8,369 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #13,546 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #13,543 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #10,492 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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