Fun Facts About the Name Khora
- 97 babies named Khora: U.S. records list 97 babies given the name Khora from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Khora Mean?
Khora is a transliteration of the Greek noun chṓra (χώρα), which means "land," "country," "region," or "open space." In Greek it is an ordinary common noun, and its sense runs from a particular territory or district to space in a general sense.
Because the first sound of chṓra is written with the Greek letter chi, the word has moved into other languages under different spellings: chora where chi is rendered ch, and khora where it is rendered kh. Khora and Chora are therefore two spellings of the same Greek word rather than two names with separate roots.
Later religious and philosophical writing reads the word in a more figurative way. Plato's Timaeus uses chṓra for the receptive "space" or receptacle in which visible things come to be, and Christian writers applied Chora to Christ as the one who "contains" all things. These are interpretive extensions of the Greek noun, not a different literal meaning.
The similar-looking biblical name Korah (Hebrew Qoraḥ) is not related; it comes from a Hebrew root associated with baldness.
Khora Name History & Origins
The Greek word chṓra is old and widely attested as a noun for land, territory, and place. Plato's use of it in the Timaeus for the receptacle in which physical things appear gave the word a second life in philosophy, where it was later discussed as a term for space and place. As a common noun, it did not serve as a personal name in the classical Greek world.
In the Greek-speaking Christian world, Chora was attached to churches and monasteries, most famously the Chora monastery in Constantinople, now the Kariye Mosque in Istanbul. The name of that foundation has been explained in two ways: the building stood outside the older city walls, "in the countryside," and an inscription also addresses Christ as the Chora of the living, meaning the one who contains all things. Both readings belong to the same Greek word and neither is a personal name.
As a given name, Khora is a modern use of the transliterated Greek noun, and the spelling also appears as a place name in Greece, India, and elsewhere. Its use as a personal name is not attached to one national or religious naming custom in the way that, for example, biblical or saint names are.
How Popular is the Name Khora?
Khora has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #9,180 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 | #9,180 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #9,883 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #10,812 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,710 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #11,630 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,938 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #9,496 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2017 | #13,426 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #15,329 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #13,768 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #18,002 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #15,672 | 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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