Nora (name)

Nora or Norah is an Italian, German, English, Irish, Albanian, Scandinavian, Arabic, and Baltic feminine personal name. It mainly originates as a short form of Honora (also Honoria), a common Anglo-Norman name, ultimately derived from the Latin word Honor (with that meaning). In Hungary, the name Nóra originates as a short form of Eleonóra or Eleanor.

It is similar to the Arabic name Noor or Nura, meaning "fire, light, heat" amongst others. 

The Irish Nóra is likewise probably an Irish form of Honora. A diminutive form of Nóra is Nóirín; this name has numerous Anglicised forms, such as: Noreen, Norene, Nóinín and Norine.

Nora has been among the most popular girl names in Norway in the 2000s, topping the list of most popular girl names in 2012.

Nora may refer to:

People
Nora Arnezeder (born 1989), French actress and singer
Nora Aunor (born 1953), Filipina actress
Nora Berra (born 1963), French politician
Nora Campos (born 1966), American politician
Norah Carter (1881–1966), New Zealand photographer
Nora Cullen (1905–1990), Argentine actress
Nora Demleitner (born 1966), American law professor
Nora Dunblane (born 1879), American actress and writer
Nora Dunn (born 1952), American actress and comedian
Nora England (born 1946), American linguist
Nora Ephron (1941–2012), American writer
Nora Fatehi (born 1992), Canadian-Moroccan dancer and actress
Nora Gal (1912–1991), Russian translator
Nora Heysen (1911–2003), Australian artist
Nora Istrefi (born 1986), Albanian singer
Nora Iuga (born 1931), Romanian poet, writer and translator
Norah Jones (born 1979), American singer
Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress
Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (born 1950), Liechtenstein princess
Nora Méndez (born 1969), Salvadoran poet
Nora Miao (born 1952), Hong Kong actress 
Nora Newcombe (born 1951), Canadian psychologist
Nora Nicholson (1892–1973), British actress
Norah O'Donnell (born 1974), American journalist 
Nora Owen (born 1945), Irish politician and television presenter 
Nora Perry (born 1954), British badminton player 
Nora Roberts (born 1950), American author 
Nora Salinas (born 1976), Mexican actress 
Nora Cate Schaeffer, American sociologist and survey statistician
Nora Sun (1937–2011), American diplomat
Nora Swinburne (1902–2000), British actress
Nora Tschirner (born 1981), German actress 
Nora Volkow (born 1956), Mexican psychiatrist
Nora W. Tyson (born 1956), American admiral
Nora Waln (1895–1964), American writer
Norah Wilson (1901–1971), Australian Aboriginal community worker
Nora Zehetner (born 1981), American actress

Fictional characters
Nora from the film Pete's Dragon (1977)
Nora from the anime Noragami
Nora Allen from The Flash comic books
Nora Arendt in Spice and Wolf
Nora from Cytus II
Nora Batty, fictional character on the British television series Last of the Summer Wine
Nora Charles, fictional character in the Dashiell Hammett novel, The Thin Man
Nora Carpenter, fictional character in Final Destination 2
Nora Estheim, fictional character in the video game Final Fantasy XIII
Nora Fries, fictional character in DC Comics
Nora Grey, fictional character in the Hush, Hush series of books by Becca Fitzpatrick
Nora Hanen, fictional character on the American television series One Life to Live
Nora Helmer, character in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Nora of Kelmendi, legendary character in the Albanian folklore
Nora Lewin, fictional character on the American television series Law & Order
Noora Amalie Sætre, fictional character in Norwegian TV show SKAM
Norah Stoakes, fictional character in the Canadian young adult novel The Sky Is Falling
Nora Valkyrie from the animated web series RWBY
Nora Wakeman, fictional character in My Life as a Teenage Robot
Nora Walker, fictional character on the American television series Brothers & Sisters
Nora Baker, eldest daughter of 'The Bakers' in the film Cheaper by the Dozen
Nora Durst, a character from the American television series The Leftovers
Nora Darhk, fictional character in Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow.

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