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This name can also be a Feminine name in Japan, making this name Unisex.
Noriko Awaya (淡谷 のり子, Awaya Noriko, August 12, 1907 – September 22, 1999) was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan.
This is a real Japanese Feminine bearer of the name, Her birth name is Nori Awaya (淡谷のり, Awaya Nori).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Awaya
BTW the name also means "Doctrine" in Japanese.
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Noriko Awaya (淡谷 のり子, Awaya Noriko, August 12, 1907 – September 22, 1999) was a Japanese female soprano chanteuse and popular music (ryūkōka) singer. She was dubbed the "Queen of Blues" in Japan.
This is a real Japanese Feminine bearer of the name, Her birth name is Nori Awaya (淡谷のり, Awaya Nori).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noriko_Awaya
BTW the name also means "Doctrine" in Japanese.
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Gender: Feminine
(Information from name #407255 originally submitted by user micejerry)
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(Information from name #407255 originally submitted by user micejerry)
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It is used as a nickname for men with the sound "Nori" in their name, such as Noriaki, Hidenori, and Yasunori. It gives the impression of a middle-aged man in management who was on the football team in high school. They are also sometimes called "Nori-san" as a term of endearment.
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For people mentioning the seaweed Nori: it is easily distinguishable from the name Nori in Japanese, because it is written differently. Nori seaweed is 海苔、the name is 典 (or written with other kanji distinct from the sushi wrap).
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Nori is also the name of seaweed sheets in Japan.
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Nori is also what they call the dry seaweed in Japanese cuisine.
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Nori can also be used as a feminine name, short for Eleanor or just on its own!
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Nori was used as a girl's name back in the olden days. Based on some research that I've done (gathering names from passenger lists and US census data), Nori was a very uncommon name to have in the late Edo period and the Meiji & Taishō periods.
2 syllable names were preferred at the time, more so before the Meiji period, which is why Nori was seen as a girl's name. Towards the 2nd half of the Meiji period and the Taishō period, those types of names were quickly shunted out in popularity by names ending in *ko.
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2 syllable names were preferred at the time, more so before the Meiji period, which is why Nori was seen as a girl's name. Towards the 2nd half of the Meiji period and the Taishō period, those types of names were quickly shunted out in popularity by names ending in *ko.
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I've never met anyone named just "Nori". There always seems to be something else attached.
Noriko
Norie
Norimi
Norihiro
Masanori
Norihide
Hidenori (many)
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Noriko
Norie
Norimi
Norihiro
Masanori
Norihide
Hidenori (many)
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There is a Japanese teacher at my school named Noriko [so Nori + the ko 'child' ending], so I imagine this name can be feminine as well.
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Nori is a nice name. It can be used as a name for a girl (by itself). I met a Japanese girl called 'Nori Namikawa', so it's not just a boy's name.
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It also means "dried seaweed" in Japanese (the one you can find in sushi).
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"Nori" also tends to be part of a name rather than the full name itself. Here are some examples of meanings followed by some name examples:
Kanji possibilities for "nori""
-tell everyone
-gather
-writings/book
-writings
-model
-virtue
-conform
Girls' names:
Norie
Noriko
Norimi (rare)
Boys' names:
Noriaki
Norizo
Norihisa
Norihiro
Norimasa
Noriyuki
Yoshinori
Motonori
Mitsunori
Michinori
Masanori
Fuminori
Hidenori
Hisanori
Tomonori
Tadanori
Takanori
Shigenori
Katsunori
Akinori
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Kanji possibilities for "nori""
-tell everyone
-gather
-writings/book
-writings
-model
-virtue
-conform
Girls' names:
Norie
Noriko
Norimi (rare)
Boys' names:
Noriaki
Norizo
Norihisa
Norihiro
Norimasa
Noriyuki
Yoshinori
Motonori
Mitsunori
Michinori
Masanori
Fuminori
Hidenori
Hisanori
Tomonori
Tadanori
Takanori
Shigenori
Katsunori
Akinori
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The word "nori" means "wants" in Lithuanian.
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According to the USA Social Security Administration, 289 girls and 24 boys were recorded with the name Nori in 2022. It's rapidly rising in popularity as a Feminine name so much, that it even made it to the top 1000, ranking #930 in most popular Feminine name of 2022.
https://www.names.org/n/nori/about
http://www.nancy.cc/baby-name/nori/
According to the UK Office for National Statistics census of England and Wales, 13 girls and 0 boys were also recorded with the name Nori in 2021.
http://names.darkgreener.com/#nori
https://nameberry.com/babyname/Nori/girl
https://www.popular-babynames.com/name/nori
https://forebears.io/x/forenames/nori
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian use it as the nickname for their daughter "North".
https://www.instagram.com/norisblackbook/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/babynoriwest/
The user-submitted name: https://www.behindthename.com/name/nori/submitted?id=355323