Nora
Nora is a girl name of Latin origin, meaning Honour; light.
What Nora means
Honour; light.
Nora is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Nora comes from
Latin names travelled through the Roman world and then through the Church, which is why so many survive across Europe in local variants. A great many were originally descriptive — of virtue, of appearance, or of birth order.
Nora is recorded as Latin in origin. Browse other Latin names.
How popular is Nora?
Nora sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Nora
We group Nora under light and brightness and the long-established classics — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Nora
These share Nora's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Clara — Bright, clear, famous.
- Lucy — Light.
- Eleanor — Shining light.
- Nell — Bright, shining one.
- Helen — Light; a torch.
- Helena — Bright, shining light.
- Albert — Noble and bright.
- Bertie — Bright and famous.
- Robert — Bright fame.
- Rupert — Bright fame.
- Aurelia — The golden one.
- Aurora — Dawn; goddess of sunrise.
More Latin names
- Nerissa — From the sea.
- Nova — New; a blazing star.
- Mirabel — Wondrous; of great beauty.
- Octavia — The eighth-born.
- Miles — Soldier; merciful.
- Octavian — The eighth-born.
- Maximus — The greatest.
- Olive — The olive tree; peace.
- Maurice — Dark-skinned; Moorish.
- Olivia — Olive tree — peace, dignity, friendship.