Meaning of the nameAmora

Amora is a female name that matches the Portuguese word amora, the fruit of the mulberry tree, which comes from Vulgar Latin mōra.

Meaning

“amora, the fruit of the mulberry tree”

Source: Wiktionary: amora

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People (2022): 2,509
Rank in Brazil: #4,408
Median age: 4 years
2010 Census: 144; people

Amora in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Amora, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 2010s (1,119 people).

2,491 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Amora is most common

States with the highest share of people named Amora in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio de Janeiro 0.002%
Bahia 0.002%
Pará 0.001%
Santa Catarina 0.001%
São Paulo 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	513	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	376	0.002%
Bahia	255	0.002%
Minas Gerais	176	0.001%
Pará	112	0.001%
Pernambuco	110	0.001%
Santa Catarina	108	0.001%
Ceará	103	0.001%
Amazonas	93	0.002%
Rio Grande do Sul	91	0.001%
Maranhão	75	0.001%
Paraná	73	0.001%
Goiás	52	0.001%
Espírito Santo	50	0.001%
Paraíba	49	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	49	0.002%
Distrito Federal	39	0.001%
Piauí	38	0.001%
Sergipe	28	0.001%
Alagoas	23	0.001%
Mato Grosso	21	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	18	0.001%
Roraima	18	0.003%
Amapá	17	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Amora

Wiktionary gives the word amora as coming from Vulgar Latin *mōra*, from Latin mōrum and, before that, from Greek μόρον, with the senses of fruit of the mulberry tree and, by analogy, of blackberry. As a given name, it has the same form as the word. For use in English, Behind the Name describes it as a modern coinage apparently based on Latin amor, 'love'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,509 people named Amora, with a median age of 4, the vast majority born from 2010 onward.

Sources

Wiktionary: amora · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
Behind the Name: Amora · behindthename.com · origin

Questions about the name Amora

What does the name Amora mean?

Amora means “amora, the fruit of the mulberry tree”, according to Wiktionary.

How many people are named Amora in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,509 people with the first name Amora, which ranks it number 4,408 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 2010s.

Is Amora a boy's or a girl's name?

Amora is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,491 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Amora?

Amora is a name of Latin origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Amora most common?

Proportionally, in Rio de Janeiro: 0.002% of the state's population is named Amora (376 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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