Cora

Cora is a name of Greek origin, derived from the word korē, meaning girl or maiden. It was used in ancient Greek as an epithet for Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, and was later popularized as a given name in the English-speaking world through James Fenimore Cooper's novel The Last of the Mohicans (1826). The name shares its root with Kore, the direct Greek form, and is related to Corinne and Corinna, which developed through Latin and French literary traditions.