Anorah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 20 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
20
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Anorah by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Anorah. In the US, 20 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its American peak was 21 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Anorah

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anorah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Annorahgrace with a modern suffix; possibly from Anna14 in the US (2017)
  • Anora24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amorah40 in the US (2017)
  • Alorah5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Adorah8 in the US (2017)
  • Anirah7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anorah

Names that are said the same way as Anorah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Annorahonor; a form of Honora98 in the US (2017)
  • Aneiramuch loved19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anuratail-less; referring to frogs and toads5 in the US (2017)
  • Ainara59 in the US (2017)
  • Anaira8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anara4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Anorah

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