Nora 1

Gender Feminine

Usage Irish, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Latvian, German, Dutch, Italian

Pronounced Pron. NAWR-ə(Irish, English)

NO-ra(German)

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Meaning & History

Short form of Honora or Eleanor. Henrik Ibsen used it for a character in his play A Doll's House (1879).

Related Names

VariantsNóra, Norah(Irish) Elea, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Lenora, Lenore, Nell, Nelle, Norah, Leanora(English) Ella(Swedish) Ella(Norwegian) Ella(Danish) Ellen, Noor, Noortje(Dutch) Leonora(Italian)

DiminutivesNóirín, Noreen, Norene(Irish) Nonie, Noreen, Norene(English) Norina(Italian)

Other Languages & CulturesEnora(Breton) Eleonora(Bulgarian) Eleonoora, Ella, Elli, Nelli, Noora(Finnish) Aliénor, Eléonore, Enora, Nelly(French) Eleonora(Greek) Eleonóra, Ella, Nóra(Hungarian) Honoria(Late Roman) Noor, Noortje(Limburgish) Alienòr(Occitan) Eleonora(Polish) Leonor(Portuguese) Eleonora, Nelli(Russian) Eilionoir, Eilidh(Scottish) Eleonóra(Slovak) Leonor(Spanish) Eleonora(Ukrainian)

Same SpellingNóra, Nora 2

User SubmissionNora

Popularity

People think this name is

classic mature natural wholesome refined simple serious nerdy

Name Days

Czechia: July 8

Estonia: July 8

Latvia: June 12

Poland: February 12

Slovakia: August 31

Categories

American Horror Story characters, celebrity babies, Desperate Housewives characters, ends in -ora, Frasier characters, Genshin Impact characters, House of Cards US characters, Liechtenstein princely family, Macross characters, Miraculous Ladybug characters, never out of the US top 1000, RWBY characters, short forms, Silent Hill characters, Stephen King characters, Tolkien characters, top 10 in Norway, top 10 in the Basque Country, top 10 in the Netherlands, True Blood characters, Vampire Diaries characters

Entry updated November 16, 2019