At a Glance: Name: Norah – Meaning: honor – Origin: Latin (via Honora) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: NOR-ah
Norah is a Latin (via Honora) girl's name meaning “honor”. It appears in our list of 150+ *Beautiful* Irish Girl Names (with Pronunciations).
Meaning & Origin of Norah
Meaning: Honor.
Origin: Latin (via Honora).
A common claim: Sometimes glossed as meaning 'light', by association with Eleanor or Helen Actually: That gloss belongs to a different name -- Norah's more direct source is Honora ('honor'); 'light' is properly Helen's (Greek) meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Norah
Phonetic: NOR-ah IPA: /ˈnɔːrə/
Popularity of Norah
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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