Nora

Diminutive of Honora or Eleonora, Latin
"honor or meaning unknown"

Nora Origin and Meaning

The name Nora is a girl's name of Irish origin meaning "honor or meaning unknown".

Nora is a lovely, refined name that conjures up images of Belle Epoch ladies in fur-trimmed coats skating in Central Park. Long seen as a quintessentially Irish name though its roots are not in Ireland, Nora is a quietly stylish favorite that's tiptoed to the top of the popularity ladder.

Nora has two separate origin stories, as a derivative of both Honora and Eleanor. The Irish and Anglo-Norman version derives from Honora, based on the Latin word honor. The Hungarians spawned Nora as a short form of Eleonora, a variation of Eleanor.

One of Nora's most prominent contemporary namesakes is the late witty writer Nora Ephron. Other notable Noras are the independent Ibsen heroine of A Doll's House, and the female half of the witty Nick and Nora Charles duo, adding up to a most desirable choice.

It can also be spelled Norah, as in Norah Jones.

# 25 in the US

Nora Rank in US Top 1000

# 29 on Nameberry

Nora Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Nora Popularity

Famous People Named Nora

  • Nora Fatehi
    Indian Actress and Dancer
  • Nora Ephron
    American film director/producer
  • Eleanor Marie "Nora" Roberts
    American novelist
  • Nora Louise Kuzma
    birth name of American actress Traci Lords
  • Nora Eddington
    American actress; wife of actor Errol Flynn
  • Nora Istrefi
    Albanian Kosovar singer
  • Nora Alicia Oritz Salinas
    Mexican actress
  • Nora Miao
    Hong Kong actress
  • Nora Connolly O'Brien
    Irish author and Senator
  • Nora Barnacle
    wife and muse of novelist James Joyce
  • Nora Lee Guthrie
    daughter of singer Woody Guthrie
  • Nora Arnezeder
    French actress
  • Nora Jansen
    inspiration for Alex Vause on TV's "Orange is the New Black"
  • Nora Lum aka Awkwafina
    American rapper
  • Nora Angela Zehetner
    American actress
  • Nora Volkow
    Mexican,American psychiatrist; great,granddaughter of Soviet leader Leon Trotsky
  • Nora Aunor (born Nora Cabaltera Villamayor)
    Filipina actress
  • Nora Kirkpatrick
    American actress and musician
  • Nora Eloise Dunn
    American actress/comedienne
  • Norberta Elisabeth Maria Assunta Josefine Georgine et omnes sancti "Nora
    " Princess of Liechtenstein, Dowager Marquesa de Mariño
  • Nora Hewitt
    makeup artist and winner of Season 9 of "Face Off"
  • Nora Ellis (b. 2004)
    daughter of actor Tom Ellis
  • Nora Edman (b. 2008)
    daughter of footballer Erik Edman
  • Nora Torres (b. 2009)
    daughter of Spanish footballer Fernando Torres
  • Nora Kara Kennedy (b. 2013)
    daughter of American politician Patrick Kennedy
  • Nora Holroyd (b. 2015)
    daughter of actors Allison Munn and Scott Holroyd
  • Nora Elizabeth Egan (b. 2016)
    daughter of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
  • Nora Anne Quoirin
    British Irish,French schoolgirl that disappeared from hotel and found dead n Malaysia

Nora in Pop Culture

  • Nora Allen
    character in DC Universe
  • Nora Fries
    character in DC Universe
  • Nora Arnold
    character in Enid Blyton's Secret Series
  • Nora Baker
    eldest child in the "Cheaper by the Dozen" films
  • Nora Braverman
    character on TV's "Parenthood"
  • Nora Charles
    main character in "The Thin Man" movies
  • Nora Clark
    character in movie "Step Up"
  • Nora Clayton
    character on TV's "Revolution"
  • Nora Dearly
    character in "Dearly, Departed" series by Lia Habel
  • Nora Durst
    character on TV series "The Leftovers"
  • Nora Estheim
    minor character in video game "Final Fantasy XIII"
  • Nora Gainesborough
    character on TV series 'True Blood'
  • Nora Graham
    character in "Ballet Teacher" by Lee Wyndham
  • Nora Grey
    character in the "Hush Hush" saga by Becca Fitzpatrick
  • Nora Helmer
    character in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
  • Nora Montgomery
    character on TV's "American Horror Story"
  • Nora Sergeant
    character on TV's "Being Human"
  • Nora Thunderman
    character on animated series "The Thundermans"
  • Nora Valkyrie
    character voiced by Samantha Ireland on web series "RWBY"
  • Nora Walker
    main character on TV's "Brothers and Sisters"
  • Nora Hildegard
    character on TV series "The Vampire Diaries"
  • Nora
    character in the "St Clare" book series by Enid Blyton
  • Nora
    character in the anime "Noragami"
  • Nora
    character in Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs"
  • Nora
    character in novel "The Nest"
  • Nora Martinez
    character in film "The Strain"
  • The Nora
    a society in the video game "Horizon Zero Dawn"
  • Nora Césaire
    character in the animated series "Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir"
  • Nora de Laurentis
    character in The After Series by Anna Todd