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Lore (female)

Variants:Laura (F) Lora (F)
Diminutive for:Leonore (F)
Derivative(s):Hannelore (F) Lottelore (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German, either from a contraction of Leonore, the German form of Leonora/Eleonora or a variant of Lora, the German form of Laura.
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