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Possibly invented by writer James Fenimore Cooper for a character in his 1826 historical novel, "The Last of the Mohicans," adapted into a film in 1992. Could also be the feminine form of Corey or the short form of Corinna. A classic name that hit its peak prior to the turn of the 20th century. Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King, Jr., used a form of the name. , Heart, Maiden


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Girls Ranked #276 in 2010
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Greek
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