Zora (name)

Zora is a given name with origins across multiple cultures, most prominently Slavic, Arabic, Hebrew, and West African. Its roots and usage span both genders depending on cultural context.

People with the name

Given name

• Zora Andrich, American model and actress
• Zora Arkus-Duntov (1909–1996), American engineer
• Zora Kramer Brown (1949–2013), American breast cancer awareness advocate
• Zora Brziaková (born 1964), Slovak basketball player
• Zora Clevenger (1881–1970), American football, basketball, and baseball player
• Zora Cross (1890–1964), Australian poet and author
• Zora Dirnbach (1929–2019), Croatian writer
• Zora Fair (died 1865), American spy
• Zora Folley (1931–1972), American boxer
• Zora Howard, American actress and writer
• Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960), American author, anthropologist, and filmmaker
• Zora Jandová (born 1958), Czech singer and actress
• Zora Jaurová (born 1973), Slovak politician
• Zora Jones, Austrian musician and visual artist
• Zora Kerova (born 1950), Czech actress
• Zora Kolínska (1941–2002), Slovak actress and singer
• Zora Kostková (born 1952), Czech actress
• Zora Singh Maan (born 1940), Indian politician
• Zora Martin-Felton (1930–2022), American museum director
• Zora Mintalová-Zubercová (born 1950), Slovak ethnographer, historian and museologist
• Zora J. Murff (born 1987), American photographer
• Zora Palová (born 1947), Slovak glass artist
• Zora Petrović (1894–1962), Serbian painter
• Zora Plešnar (1925–2021), Slovenian photographer
• Zora Rozsypalová (1922–2010), Czech actress
• Zora Šemberová (1913–2012), Czech dancer, educator and choreographer
• Zora Simčáková (born 1963), Slovak cross-country skier
• Zora Singh (1928–2005), Indian athlete
• Zora Stančič (born 1956), Slovene graphic and visual artist
• Zora Tavčar (born 1928), Slovene writer, essayist and translator
• Zora Vesecká (born 1967), Czech actress
• Zora Wolfová (1928–2012), Czech translator
• Zora Young (born 1948), American singer

Fictional characters

• Zora (vampire), an Italian comic book erotic character
• Zora Crane, a character played by Patti LuPone in Frasier
• Zora Ideale, a character in Black Clover voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa and Johnny Yong Bosch
• Zora Lancaster, a character played by Allisyn Ashley Arm in Sonny With a Chance
• Zora Blackwood, a character in the 2019 video game The Outer Worlds
• Zora Bennett, a character played by Scarlett Johansson in Jurassic World Rebirth

Surname

• Anna Lacková-Zora (1899–1988), Slovak author
• Hanna Zora (1939–2016), Chaldean Catholic archbishop

See also

• Zora (disambiguation)
• Zoran, the masculine form of Zora
• Zorka, a given name
• Zorya, a figure in Slavic folklore
• Zhora Salome, a character in Blade Runner