Bora 보라
Bora is a Korean given name, most often given to girls. In hangul it is written 보라. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 720 different ways.
Other spellings
The same name is romanized in several ways: Bora, Bo-ra. They are all 보라.
Five Elements (Ohaeng)
In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.
- 보 (starts with ㅂ)→Waterdepth, adaptability, quiet strength
- 라 (starts with ㄹ)→Firebrightness, passion, visibility
Hanja used for Bora
These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.
보30 characters can be used
- 寶treasure보배 보
- 報repay, report갚을 보
- 補mend, patch기울 보
- 保protect, keep; swaddling cloth; small castle지킬 보/포대기 보/작은 성 보
- 普wide넓을 보
- 步step, walk걸음 보
- 甫big클 보
- 輔assist, help; cheekbone도울 보/광대뼈 보
라24 characters can be used
- 羅net그물 라(나)
- 蓏fruit열매 라(나)
- 懶lazy게으를 라(나)
- 摞tie, bind맬 라(나)
- 蘿mugwort쑥 라(나)
- 螺conch, snail소라 라(나)
- 裸naked, bare벗을 라(나)
- 儸capable, clever간능 있을 라(나)
Names sharing a syllable
Bora belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.
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