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Medora

Gender: F Popularity: this week. Origin of Medora: Greek Meaning of Medora: "mother's gift"

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Medora is a Greek name much less common here than. say, Melanie or Melissa. It has some literary references, including as the beautiful and passionate heroine of Lord Byron's poem The Corsair, and in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, there is a character named Marchioness Melora Manson.

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(Elizabeth) Medora Leigh, Lord Byron's niece and rumoured daughter

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Medora is a romantic heroine in Lord Byron's narrative poem "The Corsair".

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