Nora at a glance
- Meaning
- “honour”
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Latin
- Pronunciation
- NOR-uh
- Other forms
- Norah, Honora, Nóra
Where the name Nora comes from
Nora is a short form of Honora, from the Latin word for honour, and is also used for Eleanor. It was especially common in Ireland. Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House made Nora famous, and the name is popular again in the US in the 2020s.
Famous people named Nora
- Nora Ephron (writer)