Nora (1)

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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).

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VariantsNóra, Norah(Irish) Elea, Ella, Elle, Ellie, Elly, Lenora, Lenore, Nell, Nelle, Norah, Leanora(English) Ellen, Noor, Noortje(Dutch) Leonora, Lora(Italian)
DiminutivesNóirín, Noreen, Norene(Irish) Nonie, Noreen, Norene(English) Lorita, Norina(Italian)
Other Languages & CulturesEnora(Breton) Eleonora(Bulgarian) Eleonoora, Ella, Elli, Nelli, Noora(Finnish) Eléonore, Enora(French) Eleonora(Greek) Eleonóra, Nóra(Hungarian) Honoria(Late Roman) Noor, Noortje(Limburgish) Aliénor(Occitan) Eleonora(Polish) Leonor(Portuguese) Eleonora, Nelli(Russian) Eilionoir, Eilidh(Scottish) Leonor(Spanish) Eleonora(Ukrainian)
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