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Name meaning & stats

Nora

Nora means “honour (via Eleanor, Honora)”. 139,160 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

“honour (via Eleanor, Honora)”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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139,160 US babies were named Nora between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Nora (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 80% of the family

  • Nora 80%
  • Norah 19%
  • Noora 1%
  • Noriah <1%
  • Noraa <1%
  • Noorah <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)