Irish · Girl name
Nora
“honour”
About the name Nora
Nora began as a short form of Honora, from the Latin honor, meaning honour, and of Eleanor, and it became an independent name in Ireland, where it is spelled Nóra. Its literary fame comes from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, whose heroine Nora Helmer famously leaves her husband and children in the final scene. Nora Barnacle, from Galway, was the wife of James Joyce and a model for Molly Bloom in Ulysses. Norah is a long-established English spelling, and Noora is the Finnish form.
- Meaning
- honour
- Origin
- Irish
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- NOR-uh(2 syl.)
Middle names for Nora
- Nora Rose
- Nora Grace
- Nora Elizabeth
- Nora Jane
- Nora Catherine
Questions about Nora
- What does Nora mean?
- Nora is an Irish name meaning "honour".
- How do you pronounce Nora?
- Nora is pronounced NOR-uh, with emphasis on the first syllable.
- What are variants of Nora?
- Variants of Nora include Norah, Noora, Nóra.
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