Norrah

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Norrah by the numbers

Norrah was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Norrah

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

  • Norahhonor; a form of Nora or Honora2,148 in the US (2017)
  • Nourahlight; illumination13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noorahlight; a form of Noor12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noriah29 in the US (2017)
  • Norra7 in the US (2017)
  • Novahnew; a modern respelling of Nova221 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Norrah

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

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Nouralight, luminosity94 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Noraafrom the north; a variant of nora18 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Norrah

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