Semora as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Semora

What is the meaning of the name Semora ?

The baby name Semora is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced seh-MOR-ah (IPA: /səˈmɔːrə/; Spanish: /seˈmoɾa/).

Semora is in Origin.

Semora is a rare modern feminine given name whose form suggests a creative elaboration on the element mora, familiar from Maura and the surnames Zamora/Samora. In Romance contexts, Mora functions as both a surname and given name: in Spanish it denotes a mulberry and historically “a Moorish woman,” while Maura traces to Latin Maurus, “dark-complected, Moorish.” Semora thus carries a cluster of senses - mulberry, Moorish, or dark - depending on which root a family wishes to emphasize.

Documented only sporadically in late 20th–21st‑century baby-name records, Semora also appears as a place-name in North Carolina, USA, sometimes inspiring toponymic use. Variant spellings include Semorah and Simora; closely related names are Samora and Zamora, with short forms such as Sema or Mora. Its phonetic kinship to Samara and Lenora lends it a familiar cadence while remaining distinctive and underused.