Medora
About Medora
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.
Pronounced muh-DOR-uh.
As of October 2026, Medora ranked #12733 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #725 in 1885.
Editor's take: The name Medora is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "mother's gift".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Medora on lists
Famous Medoras
- (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
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