Norra

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Norra by the numbers

Norra was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 7 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Norra

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

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Nouralight, luminosity94 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Normapattern; standard; rule79 in the US (2017)
  • Nooralight or illumination; a form of Noor50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noraafrom the north; a variant of nora18 in the US (2017)
  • Noriawater wheel; a form of Nour9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Norra

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

  • Norahhonor; a form of Nora or Honora2,148 in the US (2017)
  • Nourahlight; illumination13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Norrah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Norra

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