Lora as a family name in the Spanish language of French origin meaning from Lorraine, a region in Northeastern France that was named in honor of Lothair I. It's Latin origin that means "crowned with laurel" or "laurel".
As a female given name Lora may also be a variant of Laura or derived from an Italian hypocoristic of either Eleonora or Loredana.
People with the given name Lora Lora (singer) (born 1982), Romanian singer Lora Aborn (1907–2005), American composer Lora Aroyo, Dutch computer scientist Lora Beldon, American artist-curator Lora Haines Cook (1866–1946), American civic leader Lora L. Corum (1899-1949), American co-winner Lora Dimitrova (born 1962), Bulgarian Pianist Lora Fachie (born 1988), English racing cyclist Lora Fairclough (born 1970), English professional golfer Lora Lee Gayer (born 1988), American actress Lora Grosu (born 1959), Moldovan politician Lora Hirschberg (born 1963), American sound engineer Lora Hooper, American biologist Lora Hubbel, American politician Lora Johnson, American author Lora Lazar, Bulgarian crime writer Lora Leigh (born 1965), American author Lora Logic (born 1960), British saxophonist Lora La Mance (1857–1939), American writer Lora Marx (1900-1989), American sculptor Lora Lee Michel (born 1940), American actress Lora Ottenad (born 1964), American professional bodybuilder Lora Petrova (born 1998), Bulgarian footballer Lora Reinbold (born 1964), American politician Lora Romero (1960-1997), American assistant professor Lora Storey (born 1989), Australian middle-distance runner Lora Webster (born 1986), American Paralympic volleyballist Lora Yakovleva (1932–2022), Russian chess grandmaster
People with the surname Lora Alberto Lora Ramos (born 1987), Spanish football player Alex Lora (born 1952), Mexican musician and composer Carmen Josefina Lora Iglesias (1940 – 1999), Dominican revolutionary and lawyer Enrique Lora (born 1945), Spanish footballer Fabiano Bolla Lora (born 1977), Brazilian footballer Filippo Lora (born 1993), Italian footballer Francisco Augusto Lora, Dominican politician Guillermo Lora (1922-2009), Bolivian Trotskyist Gregorio de Lora (1815-1863) wDominican general in the Dominican Republic War of Independence. Johan Lora (born 1982), Dominican footballer Luis Eduardo Lora (born 1986), Colombian footballer Mathias Loras (1792-1858), French priest Manny Lora (born 1991), American baseball player and coach Marie Lora-Mungai, French producer, writer and show runner Miguel "Happy" Lora (born 1961), Colombian boxer Ñico Lora (1880-1971), Dominican, father of Merengue music Saturnino and Mariano Lora, Cuban brothers, war heroes Yelitza Lora, Dominican television and radio host and actress
Places Lora (Lydia), a town of ancient Lydia, now in Turkey Lora, Norway, a village in Lesja municipality in Oppland Lora, Chile a town on the Mataquito River, Chile Lora, a frazioni in the municipality of Campegine, Italy Lora (Split), a neighborhood and naval base in Split, Croatia Lora, Abbottabad, a village and union council in Pakistan Lora River, Pakistan Lora de Estepa, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain Lora del Río, a municipality in the province of Seville, Spain Falls of Lora, a tidal race which forms at the mouth of Loch Etive, Scotland Sargentes de la Lora, a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León, Spain.
Animals Lora or Bothriechis lateralis, a pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. Lora or Leptophis ahaetulla, a Parrot Snake found in northern South America and Trinidad and Tobago Grey Lora or Leptophis stimsoni, a small snake which is endemic to Trinidad and Tobago Lora (genus), a gastropod genus of the Turridae family
Technology LORA (missile), a theatre quasiballistic missile produced in Israel LORA, an acronym for level of repair analysis LoRa, a long-range low-power wireless communication technology over radio frequencies LORA, an acronym for "logic of rational agents", see BDI software agents LoRA (machine learning), an acronym for "low-rank adaptation". A technique for efficiently fine-tuning machine learning models.
Other Lora, an Ancient Roman term for a wine substitute later known as piquette Lora (film), a 2007 Hungarian film
See also
Laura (disambiguation) Lota (name)