Female first name (English, French): Cora, girl, maiden, Ancient Greek (Greek mythology); kore = the girl, the maiden, the Greek name 'kore' with the meaning 'girl, virgin', 'Kore' was another name for Persephone, a Greek goddess of the underworld Female first name (German): Cora;; Germans were in became independent as a short form of 'Cordula', 'Cordelia' and 'Cornelia'