A name for a daughter Nora also means awesome one God in Hebrew.

Baby name meaning nora. What does the name Nora mean. Nora as a girls name is pronounced NOR-ah. Short for Honora an Anglo-Norman name from the Latin for honor Its also short for Eleanora a Greek name meaning light In Scotland Nora is the feminine form of Norman.

Nicknames include Nor Nory No-No and Rah. In a spate of trendy names like Nova Nola and Noa Nora is both popular and witty. The name Nora meaning honor has origins as a nickname or shortened version of the name Honora the Latin word for honor.

The meaning of the name Nora is. Meaning honor and light Nora is common in many languages including Norman Latin Irish Italian and Scandinavian. The name Nora was originally a diminutive from the names Honora and Eleanora.

It is of English Greek and Latin origin and the meaning of Nora is light. It is similar to the Hebrew name Norah menorah for reference which means light. Nora has two separate origin stories as a derivative of both Honora and Eleanor.

From Old Portuguese nora daughter-in-law from Latin nurus daughter-in-law probably through a Vulgar Latin root nora from Proto-Indo-European snusós daughter-in-law. During the Middle Ages Nora was known as Honora. Greek Baby Names Meaning.

Also used as an independent name. 112 rows Nora Name Meaning. Nora is the name of the main character in Henrik Ibsens 1879 play A Dolls House.