Nora has two separate origin stories as a derivative of both Honora and Eleanor.

Nora greek name. What does Nora mean. Norath is an Ortsgemeinde a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde a kind of collective municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis district in Rhineland-Palatinate Germany. Sophie is the French form of Sophia a Greek name meaning wisdom.

While it is no secret that Sophia has been very popular lately even ranking at 1 in the country for 2011 2012 and 2013 Sophie has been somewhat less. Nora or Norah is a feminine personal name of Arabic origin meaning light. The name Nora meaning honor has origins as a nickname or shortened version of the name Honora the Latin word for honor.

A user from Maryland US. Nora is primarily used in the English German Irish Italian Scandinavian Scottish Czech and Armenian languages. The Irish and Anglo-Norman version derives from Honora based on the Latin word honor.

Nora is said to be the short form of Honora an Anglo-Norman name from Latin which means honour it is also said to be the short form of the Greek name Elenora which means light. Nora is generally used as a girls name. A classic Irish name it could be a shortened form of Eleanor meaning torch or could be from the Latin Honora meaning honour reputation and became so popular in Ireland in the Middle Ages that many.

Other origins for the name Nora include - Greek English Hebrew Italian Irish FrenchThe name Nora is most often used as a girl name or female name. Meaning of Nora Nora means the other Aenor from Germanic alja other merciful from ancient Greek éleosἔλεος compassionHelen. In French Baby Names the meaning of the name Nora is.

In the normal Cockney. It consists of 4 letters and 2 syllables and is pronounced No-ra. In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Nora.