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Gender: Female Origin of Coretta: English, elaborated form of Cora Meaning of Cora: Greek, "maiden"

The name Coretta is a girl's name of English origin. Coretta and discussed in our forums with posts like "Quick Question Thread?!".

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Famous as the name of the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Famous People Named Coretta

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Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist; widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Coretta Brown, American basketball player

Pop Culture References for the name Coretta

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Katrina Charlotte Coretta Scott "K.C." Cooper, character on TV's "K.C. Undercover"

Comments

paulapuddephatt Says:

2017-04-18T09:06:35

I prefer just Cora, or Cora for Cordelia.

Giacomina Says:

2016-01-30T20:34:12

I love this name esp with Cora as a nickname. Coretta and Mahalia.

indiefendi2 Says:

2014-12-27T21:50:24

It might be a one person name but I've always thought it was drop dead gorgeous! And Coretta Scott K got called Cory affectionately :) how cute

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