Noriel

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 50 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
50
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Noriel by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Noriel. In the US, 50 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.

What we can tell you about Noriel

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 Noriel. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Norie8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noreenhonor; a form of Nóirín15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noriawater wheel; a form of Nour9 in the US (2017)
  • Norriefrom the north; diminutive of norris or norman3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Norinenorth; a form of Nora
  • Noritanorth; a form of Nora

Sounds like Noriel

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

Names about as common as Noriel

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