Alora is a modern American name of uncertain origin, usually explained as a smoother variant of Elora, which in turn is often traced to the Hebrew Eliora, "my God is light"; others simply hear it as Laura with a fresh first syllable. Its flowing vowels match the current taste for names like Aurora and Alana. Alora entered the US top 1000 in 2018 and has climbed from number 1204 in 2015 to number 195 in 2025, its highest rank to date.