Noora
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning light or illumination; a form of Noor.
Noora by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Noora. In the US, 34 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 44 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Noor
Like Noora, each of these traces back to Noor: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Noora. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Noorlight or illumination274 in England and Wales (2025)
- Nouralight, luminosity94 in England and Wales (2025)
- Noorahlight; a form of Noor12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Noorelight; modern spelling variant of noor3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Noorilight; relating to light3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Noora
Names that are said the same way as Noora, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean light
Like Noora, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Noora
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