Meaning and Origin
What does the name Bora mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 9 people from all over the world, the name Bora is of Albanian origin and means "Snow".
- According to a user from Canada, the name Bora is of Albanian origin and means "Bora is a female name and it means 'snow' in Albanian".
- 2 people from Turkey and the United States agree the name Bora is of Turkish origin and means "Strong wind".
- A user from Turkey says the name Bora is of Turkish origin and means "A strong wind that brings rain".
- According to a user from Australia, the name Bora is of Turkish origin and means "A major wind".
- A user from the United Kingdom says the name Bora is of Turkish origin and means "From Greek mythology, the name of one of the major winds, Boreas".
- According to a user from Virginia, U.S., the name Bora is of Korean origin and means "The color purple".
- A user from Korea, Republic of says the name Bora is of Korean origin and means "(color) purple, violet".
- A submission from Turkey says the name Bora means "Wind" and is of Turkish origin.
- 2 people from Iowa, U.S. agree the name Bora is of Korean origin and means "Purple".
From Gamilaraay būru.
- A initiation ceremony for males among the Aborigines of New South Wales.
Perhaps from a dialectal form of Italian borea (“north wind”), from Latin Boreās.
- A cold, often dry, northeasterly wind which blows, sometimes in violent gusts, down from mountains on the eastern shore of the Adriatic Sea. It also applies to cold, squally, downslope winds in other parts of the world.
bora was also found in the following language(s): Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Northern Sami, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Old English, Old Swedish, Portuguese, Romansch, Serbo-Croatian, Swahili, and Turkish