Norah

Meaning and origin of Norah

Popularity of Norah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2023.
• Over recent years, Norah has been stable (+0.1% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Norah every 3.5 schools, all spellings combined.

Norah in English-speaking countries

Norah ranks 85^th in Ontario (Canada), 86^th in British Columbia (Canada) and 154^th in Northern Ireland, against 211^th in France.

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  86^th girls’ name104 babies in 3 years1 girl in 382−1.1% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  85^th girls’ name322 babies in 3 years1 girl in 480−5.3% a year

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  172^nd girls’ name72 babies in 3 years1 girl in 583+8% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  154^th girls’ name35 babies in 3 years1 girl in 643

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  164^th girls’ name75 babies in 3 years1 girl in 725+5.1% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  225^th girls’ name4,063 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,189−6.2% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  247^th girls’ name564 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,361+4% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  277^th girls’ name44 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,474

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Nora1,725
• Noora15
• Nohra10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Norah

• Lilya
• Noor
• Nayla
• Janna
• Tesnim
• Stella
• Selma
• Kenza
• Mona
• Hawa
• Pia
• Hafsa

See also

• →French names of Latin origin
• →French names of Arabic origin