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Sora

Sora is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

Mostly femaleMedium

Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.

Sora · So Ra · So-Ra

Verdict
Mostly female
Confidence
Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
High source frequency in
United States, Israel, Korea
Also spelled
So Ra, So-Ra
US records 1880–2017
240 male / 1,075 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Dataset built
2026-09-11

How to address Sora

If you do not know Sora’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sora,” in English, “Guten Tag Sora,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Sora,

German

Guten Tag Sora,

French

Bonjour Sora,

Spanish

Estimado/a Sora:

Chinese

Sora您好：

Japanese

Sora様

English

Hi Sora,

German

Hi Sora,

French

Salut Sora,

Spanish

Hola Sora,

Chinese

Sora你好：

Japanese

Soraさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Classification of Sora by country (nam_dict and US SSA; not a survey of today’s population)
CountryHow commonUsually
United Statesuncommonwoman's name
Israelrarewoman's name
Koreararewoman's name
Romaniararewoman's name

United States birth data

240 male · 1,075 female · 1,315 births recorded

Male ≈ 18.3%Female ≈ 81.7%

Records from 1980–2017: 19.1% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Sora a male or female name?

Sora is classified as a mostly female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.

How do I address Sora in an email?

If you do not know Sora’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Sora,” in English, “Guten Tag Sora,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.

Is Sora a unisex name?

Sora is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.

Related names

MariaFemaleAnnaFemaleMarieFemalePeterMaleJeanDepends on the countryAlexanderMaleDavidMaleJoseMale

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Sora a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/sora. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_sora,
  title  = {Is Sora a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/sora},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}