Norah
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning honor; a form of Nora or Honora.
How Norah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #159 |
| 2016 | #154 |
| 2017 | #136 |
| 2018 | #140 |
| 2019 | #144 |
| 2020 | #152 |
| 2021 | #160 |
| 2022 | #192 |
| 2023 | #201 |
| 2024 | #223 |
| 2025 | #262 |
Norah by the numbers
In 2025, 195 babies in England and Wales were named Norah. In the US, 2,148 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Other names that come from Honora
Like Norah, each of these traces back to Honora: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Other names that come from Nora
Like Norah, each of these traces back to Nora: 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 Norah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Noahrest, comfort, repose4,075 in England and Wales (2025)
- Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
- Novahnew; a modern respelling of Nova221 in the US (2017)
- Noraafrom the north; a variant of nora18 in the US (2017)
- Northdirection; from the north17 in the US (2017)
- Nourahlight; illumination13 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Norah
Names that are said the same way as Norah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean praise
Like Norah, each of these has praise in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Aaliyahhigh, exalted, of high rank4,167 in the US (2017)
- Elliottbright fame; a form of Elijah2,996 in the US (2017)
- Elliotbright fame; a form of Elijah544 in England and Wales (2025)
- Judepraised2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Augustmajestic, venerable; august one2,295 in the US (2017)
- Aliyahexalted or ascent1,897 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Norah
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