Medora

Greek

"mother's gift"

Medora Rank in US Top 1000

# 725 in the US

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Famous People Named Medora

• (Elizabeth) Medora Leigh Lord Byron's niece and rumored daughter
• Medora de Vallombrosa Marquise de Morès (nee von Hoffman), American heiress for whom the town of Medora, North Dakota, is named
• Medora Ames Plimpton daughter of writer George Plimpton

The name Medora in Pop Culture

• Medora heroine in Byron's narrative poem "The Corsair" (1814). Sophie Moody suggested that it meant "mother's gift" (cf. the Greek name Metrodora). It could also be based on Medea or Medusa
• Medora Manson character in Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence