Bora (given name)

Bora is both a first name, but also a family name.

As a first name he appears as a Turkish male first name and the name derives from the bora and from a Mongolian name meaning "gray". The name is also found outside of Turkey.

He also appears as a Korean female first name that is written with the Korean alphabet 보라 and means purple or violet. This is a purely Korean name that is not formed from sino Korean syllables and therefore has no equivalent in Hanja. As a purely Korean name it is partially written in romanization that would otherwise provide a hyphen between the syllables, without a hyphen.

Bora also occurs as a family name, a meaningful connection with the name is not necessarily before.

Bearers of the name

Male first name

• Bora Cosic ( born 1932 ), Serbian writer
• Bora Dagtekin (* 1978), German - Turkish author
• Bora Körk (* 1980), the Turkish football player
• Bora Laskin (1912-1984), Canadian judge and legal scholar
• Bora Milutinovic ( born 1944 ), Serbian football player and coach
• Bora Sevim ( b. 1982 ), the Turkish football player

Female first name

• Bora Lee ( born 1986 ), South Korean speed skater
• Shin Bora ( * 1987), South Korean comedian

Family name

• Alfons Bora ( * 1957), German jurist and sociologist
• Ekrem Bora ( actor) ( 1934-2012 ), the Turkish actor
• Ekrem Bora, known as Eko Fresh ( * 1983), German rapper
• Mevlut Bora ( born 1947 ), Turkish cyclist
• Salih Bora ( born 1953 ), Turkish wrestler
• Vedat Bora ( * 1995), the Turkish football player
• Victorina Bora (born 1972 ), Romanian handball player
• Family of the von Bora, a Saxon noble family - there also the bearer of the name