Nora (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈnɔːrə/ NOR-ə |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | from Norman, in turn from Latin |
| Meaning | "honor" |
| Region of origin | Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Norah, Noora, Noorah, Norma, Eleonora, Eleanor, Norabelle, Nura, Leonora |
Nora is a feminine given 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).[1] In Hungary, the name Nóra originates as a short form of Eleonóra.[2]
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: Norene and Norine.[3]
Nora has been among the most popular girl names in Norway in the 2000s, topping the list of most popular girl names in 2012.[4]
In Finnish and Arabic there is a given name Noora.
"Bloody Nora", "ruddy Nora" or "flaming Nora" is a British minced oath, not named after any real individual.[5]
People
Notable people with the name include:
- Nora Abolins (born 1992), Canadian-born Latvian football player
- Nora Aceval (born 1953), Algerian writer
- Nora Achahbar (born 1982), Dutch politician and jurist
- Nora Adamian (1910–1992), Soviet-Armenian writer
- Nora Ahlberg (born 1952), Norwegian psychologist
- Norah Aiton, British architect
- Norah Al Faiz (born 1956), Saudi deputy education minister
- Nora Al Matrooshi (born 1993), Emirati astronaut
- Nora Lilian Alcock (1874–1972), British pioneering plant pathologist
- Norah Amsellem, French opera singer
- Norah Ansell (1906–1990), British artist
- Nora Ariffin, Singaporean fashion model and real estate broker
- Nora Armani (born 1956), Egyptian play director
- Nora Arnezeder (born 1989), French actress and singer
- Nora Ashe (1882–1970), Irish teacher, nationalist and Irish language activist
- Nora Aslan (born 1937), Argentine visual artist and photographer
- Nora Astorga (1944–1988), Nicaraguan guerilla, politician, judge, Vice Minister of Justice and ambassador to the United Nations (1986–1988)
- Nora Attal (born 1999), British fashion model
- Nora Aunor (1953–2025), Filipina actress
- Nora Awolowo (born 1999), Nigerian film director, cinematographer, documentary photographer, producer and creative director
- Nora Azmy (born 2000), Egyptian synchronized swimmer
- Nora Azurmendi (born 1995), Spanish handballer
- Nora Bajčíková (1966–2014), Slovak tennis player
- Nora Baldenweg (born 1981), Swiss/Australian female composer
- Norah Balls (1886–1980), British suffragette, women's rights campaigner, magistrate, councillor.
- Norah Baring (1905–1985), English actress
- Nora Barlow (1885–1989), British botanist and geneticist
- Norah Barlow, New Zealand business executive
- Nora Barnacle (1884–1951), wife of author James Joyce
- Nora Stanton Barney (1883–1971), British civil engineer and suffragist
- Nora Barrientos (born 1960), Chilean politician
- Nóra Barta (born 1984), Hungarian diver
- Nora Raleigh Baskin (born 1961), American author of books for children and young adults
- Nora Bayes (1880–1928), American singer and vaudeville performer
- Nora Bayrakdarian, Lebanese Professor of Armenian descent
- Norah Beare (born 1946), Northern Ireland politician
- Nora Beloff (1919–1997), English journalist and politician
- Nora Bennis (1940–2019), Irish housewife and politician
- Nora Holstad Berge (born 1987), Norwegian footballer
- Nora von Bergen (born 1990), Swiss ice dancer
- Nora Bernard (1935–2007), Mi'kmaq activist
- Nora Berra (born 1963), French politician
- Nora Berrah, Algerian physicist
- Nora J. Besansky, American molecular biologist
- Nora Beust (1888–1973), American writer
- Nora Aída Bicet (born 1977), Spanish-Cuban javelin thrower
- Norah Bigirwa-Nyendwoha (born 1968), Ugandan politician
- Nora Francisca Blackburne (1914–2009), British casting director and civil servant
- Nora Brooks Blakely (born 1951), American literary editor
- Norah Blaney (1893–1983), British music hall performer
- Nora Blom (born 1951), Dutch tennis player
- Norah Borges (1901–1998), Argentine artist, art critic and member of the Florida group
- Nora Bossong (born 1982), German writer
- Nora Boustany, Lebanese journalist and educator
- Norah Braden (1901–2001), British artisan potter
- Lady Norah Bradley-Birt (1875–1946), British aristocrat
- Nora Brambilla (born 1964), Italian and German theoretical physicist
- Nora Vagi Brash (1944–2024), Papua New Guinean author
- Nora Bretón, Mexican physicist
- Nora Brockstedt (1923–2015), Norwegian singer
- Nora Brownell (born 1947), American businessman
- Nora Brugman (born 1992), Spanish sailor
- Nora Jean Bruso (born 1956), American singer
- Nora Burglon (1896–1976), American author
- Norah Burke (1907–1976), British novelist and writer
- Norah Burnard (1902–1979), New Zealand school dental supervisor and journal editor
- Nora Calderwood (1896–1985), Scottish mathematician and professor
- Nora Callebout (1895–1995), British track athlete
- Nora Campos (born 1966), American politician
- Nora Cano (born 1994), Mexican actress and singer
- Nora Cardoza (born 1984), Mexican boxer
- Norah Carter (1881–1966), New Zealand photographer
- Nora Cecil (1878–1951), English-American actress
- Nora K. Chadwick (1891–1972), British philologist
- Norah Chambers (1905–1989), British prison of war chorale conductor
- Nora Chesson (1871–1906), English journalist and poet
- Nora Chipaumire (born 1965), choreographer and performer
- Nora Clench (1867–1938), Canadian musician
- Nora Stewart Coleman (1920–2005), First Lady of American Samoa
- Nora Collyer (1898–1979), Canadian modernist painter
- Nora Connolly, British actress
- Nora Conway (1920–2010), Irish badminton player
- Nora Cornolle (born 1989), French mixed martial artist
- Nora Cortiñas (1930–2024), Argentine social psychologist, activist, human rights defender
- Nora Coton-Pélagie (born 1988), French footballer
- Nora Cuevas (born 1959), Chilean politician
- Nora Cullen (1905–1990), Argentine actress
- Nora Cundell (1889–1948), English painter
- Nora Daduut (born 1953), Nigerian academic and politician
- Nora Danish (born 1982), Malaysian actress, singer, host and model
- Nora Dannehy (born 1961), American attorney
- Nora Marks Dauenhauer (1927–2017), Tlingit poet, short-story writer and Tlingit language scholar
- Nora David, Baroness David (1913–2009), British politician and life peer
- Nora Fontaine Davidson (1836–1929), American schoolteacher
- Nora Daza (1928–2013), Filipina chef, restaurateur, socio-civic leader, television host and best-selling cookbook author
- Nora Dean (1944–2016), Jamaican singer
- Nora Decter, Canadian author and university instructor
- Nora Demleitner (born 1966), American law professor
- Nora Denney (1927–2005), American actress
- Nora Dillon (1888–1984), English Girl Guide leader
- Nora Dimitrova (born 1996), Bulgarian footballer
- Norah Docker (1906–1983), English socialite
- Nora Domínguez, Argentine literary scholar
- Nora Dumas (1890–1979), Hungarian photographer
- Nora Dunblane (1879–19??), American actress and writer
- Nora Dunfee (1915–1994), American actress
- Nora Dunn (born 1952), American actress and comedian
- Norah Dunphy, UK architect and town planner
- Nora Eddington (1924–2001), American actress and socialite
- Nóra Edöcsény (born 1974), Hungarian triathlete
- Nora Lie Eghdami (born 1997), Norwegian footballer
- Nora Ekberg, known as Little Sis Nora (born 1996), Swedish singer
- Nora El Koussour (born 1994), Dutch actress
- Norah Elam (1878–1961), Irish-born British suffragette
- Nora England (1946–2022), American linguist
- Nora England (artist), British artist
- Nora Ephron (1941–2012), American writer
- Nóra Érfalvy (born 1970), Hungarian rhythmic gymnast
- Nora Espinoza, republican member of the New Mexico House of Representatives
- Nora Ezell (1917–2007), African-American quilter
- Nora Fatehi (born 1992), Canadian-Moroccan dancer and actress
- Nora Federici (1910–2001), Italian statistician
- Nora Fernandes (born 1998), Indian footballer
- Nora Fernández (born 1999), Spanish artistic gymnast
- Nora Fingscheidt (born 1983), German film director and screenwriter
- Nora Fischer, several people
- Nora FitzGibbon (1889–1979), New Zealand nurse
- Norah Flatley (born 2000), American artistic gymnast
- Nora Kathleen Fletcher (1880–1976), Australian nurse
- Nora Forster (1942–2023), German-British music promoter
- Nora May French (1881–1907), American poet
- Nora Fridrichová (born 1977), Czech television presenter
- Norah Fry, advocate and campaigner
- Norah Fulcher, English watercolor portrait artist
- Nora Gal (1912–1991), Russian translator
- Nora Ruvalcaba Gámez (born 1967), Mexican politician
- Norah Gaughan (born 1961), American hand knitting pattern designer
- Nora Trueblood Gause (1851–1955), American humanitarian
- Norah Geddes, Scottish landscape architect
- Norah Gibbons (1952–2020), Irish children's advocate and social worker
- Nora Giménez (born 1957), Argentine politician
- Nora Ginzburg (born 1949), Argentine lawyer and politician
- Nora Gjakova (born 1992), Kosovo-Albanian judoka, Olympic champion
- Nora Neset Gjøen (born 1992), Norwegian footballer
- Nora Gomringer (born 1980), German and Swiss poet and writer
- Nóra Görbe (born 1956), Hungarian pop singer and actress
- Nora Gordon (1893–1970), British actress
- Nora I. Goreau (1921–2016), Panamanian marine biologist and teacher
- Norah Gorsen (1931–2020), British actress
- Nora Gould, Canadian poet
- Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), Scottish artist
- Nora Greenberg (born 1950), Israeli politician and LGBT rights activist
- Nora Gregor (1901–1949), Austrian actress
- Nora Griffith (1870–1937), Scottish Egyptologist and illustrator
- Nora Groce, British anthropologist
- Nora Grossman, American film producer
- Nora Gubisch (born 1971), French operatic mezzo-soprano
- Nora Guinn (1920–2005), American judge
- Nora Gulbrandsen (1894–1978), Norwegian porcelain designer
- Norah Gurdon (1882–1974), Australian painter
- Nora Guthrie (born 1950), American record producer
- Norah Hamilton (1873–1945), USA artist and educator
- Nora Spencer Hamner (1895–1971), American nurse
- Nora Hamzawi (born 1983), French humorist, comedian and actor
- Nora Harkin (1910–2012), Irish republican socialist and activist
- Nora Heald (1882–1961), British journalist and editor
- Nora Hendrix (1883–1984), African-Canadian vaudeville performer
- Nora Heroum (born 1994), Finnish footballer
- Nora Herting, American artist
- Nora Heysen (1911–2003), Australian artist
- Nora Hirano (born 1978), Japanese comedian
- Nóra Hoffmann (born 1985), Hungarian ice dancer
- Norah M. Holland (1876–1925), writer
- Nora Holt (1885–1974), American critic, composer, singer and pianist
- Nora Hood (c. 1836–1871), Aboriginal Australian religious figure
- Nora Houfová (1924–2024), Austrian actress
- Norah Hoult (1898–1984), Irish writer
- Nora Houston (1883–1942), American painter
- Norah Howard (1900–1968), British actress
- Nora Hsiung Chu, Chinese educator
- Nora Ikstena (1969–2026), Latvian writer and cultural manager
- Nora Illi (1984–2020), Swiss Muslim activist
- Norah Isaac (1914–2003), Welsh author and advocate
- Nora Istrefi (born 1986), Kosovo-Albanian singer
- Nora Iuga (born 1931), Romanian poet, writer and translator
- Nora Ivanova (born 1977), Austrian sprinter
- Nora Foss al-Jabri (born 1996), Norwegian singer
- Nora Jacobson, American filmmaker
- Norah C. James (1896–1979), English novelist
- Nora Jenčušová (born 2002), Slovak road cyclist
- N. K. Jemisin (born 1972), American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Norah Jeruto (born 1995), Kenyan steeplechase runner
- Nora Johnson (1933–2017), American novelist
- Nora Johnston, English carillonneur and inventor
- Norah Jones (born 1979), American singer
- Nora Junco, Spanish politician
- Nora Kaye (1920–1987), American ballet dancer and choreographer
- Nora Okja Keller (born 1966), Korean-American author
- Nora Kelly, several people
- Nora Kerin (1881–1970), British theatre actress and stage beauty
- Nora Khan (born 1983), American art critic, curator and writer
- Nora Kirkpatrick (born 1984), American actress
- Nora Köppel (born 1972), Argentine weightlifter
- Nora Kovach (1931–2009), Hungarian ballerina
- Nora Krug, German-American author and illustrator
- Nora Benjamin Kubie (1899–1988), American writer, artist and amateur archaeologist
- Nora Lafi, French historian
- Nora Lam (1932–2004), Chinese minister
- Nora Lane (1905–1948), American actress
- Norah Lange (1905–1972), Argentine author
- Nora de Leeuw, Welsh computational chemist
- Nora Levin (1916–1989), American historian
- Princess Nora of Liechtenstein (born 1950), Liechtenstein princess
- Nora Lindahl (born 2004), Swedish athlete
- Norah Lindsay (1873–1948), British socialite and garden designer
- Nora Listach (1910–1987), American baseball player
- Nora Lofts (1904–1983), British writer
- Nora Bustamante Luciani (1924–2012), Venezuelan physician, historian, writer and intellectual
- Nora Lum, known as Awkwafina (born 1988), American actress
- Norah Lunkuse (born 1998), Ugandan netball player
- Nora Lustig (born 1951), American economist
- Nora Hamou Maamar (born 1983), French-Algerian footballer
- Nora MacMunn (1875–1967), British geography educator
- Norah Magero (born 1988), Kenyan mechanical engineer and renewable energy expert
- Nora Magid, Canadian-American writer
- Norah Mahlangu (born 1973), South African politician
- Nora Mandray, French filmmaker
- Nora Margaret Manella (born 1951), American judge
- Nora Marlowe (1915–1977), American actress
- Norah Martin, Australian religious sister and the superior general of the Little Company of Mary
- Norah McCarthy, Canadian figure skater
- Norah McClintock (1952–2017), Canadian writer
- Nora McDermott (1927–2013), Canadian basketball and volleyball player, coach and physical education teacher
- Norah McGuinness (1901–1980), Irish artist
- Nora McInerny, American author
- Nora Fisher McMillan (1908–2003), Irish chronologist, naturalist, botanist and museum curator
- Norah Meade (1888–1954), Irish journalist and humanitarian
- Nora Mebarek (born 1972), French politician
- Nóra Medvegy (born 1977), Hungarian chess player
- Nora Meister (born 2003), Swiss Paralympic swimmer
- Nora Gúnera de Melgar (1942–2021), Honduran politician
- Nora Méndez (born 1969), Salvadoran poet
- Nora Chapa Mendoza (born 1932), American painter
- Nora Miao (born 1952), Hong Kong actress
- Norah Michener (1902–1987), Canadian politician
- Norah Milanesi (born 2003), Cameroonian swimmer
- Nora Miller (1898–1994), Scottish zoologist
- Nora Milnes (1882–1972), British social worker, educator and author
- Nora Mitrani, Bulgarian writer
- Nora Mohler (1898–1984), American physicist
- Nora Monie (born 1997), Cameroonian athlete
- Norah Montgomerie (1909–1998), British folklorist, illustrator and writer
- Nora Mørk (born 1991), Norwegian handball player
- Nora Naranjo Morse, Native American artist and poet
- Norah Munsu (born 1960), Namibian politician
- Nora Nadjarian, Armenian-Cypriot poet and short story writer
- Nóra Nagy-Bujdosó (born 1985), Hungarian basketball player
- Norah Nelson Napaljarri (born 1956), Australian artist
- Nora Andy Napaltjarri, Australian artist
- Nora Nash, activist
- Nora Navas (born 1975), Spanish actress
- Nora Neve, British nurse and medical missionary
- Nora Newcombe (born 1951), Canadian psychologist
- Nora Ney (actress) (1906–2003), Polish film actress
- Nora Ney (1922–2003), Brazilian singer
- Nora Nicholson (1892–1973), British actress
- Nora Noffke, American geo-biologist
- Nora-Jane Noone (born 1984), Irish actress
- Nora Norrish, English table tennis player
- Nora Nouhaili (born 2003), Tunisian footballer
- Nora Nova (1928–2022), Bulgarian-born singer
- Nora Novotny (born 1939), Austrian swimmer
- Nora Connolly O'Brien (1892–1981), Irish politician, activist and writer
- Nora O'Connor (born 1968), American Chicago-based musician
- Nora O'Daly, Irish nationalist, writer and trade unionist
- Norah O'Donnell (born 1974), American journalist
- Nora O'Keeffe, Irish revolutionary and feminist
- Norah Olembo (1941–2021), Kenyan biochemist and policy developer
- Nora Tynan O'Mahony (1866–1954), Irish poet and novelist
- Norah O'Neill (1949–2017), American aviator
- Nora Orlandi (1933–2025), Italian musician and composer
- Nora Owen (born 1945), Irish politician and television presenter
- Norah Patten, Irish aeronautical engineer
- Nora Payne, American singer songwriter
- Norah Lillian Penston (1903–1974), British botanist and academic administrator
- Nora Pierce, American author and academic
- Nora Perry, several people
- Nora Persson (born 1999), Norwegian handball player
- Norah Phillips, Baroness Phillips (1910–1992), British labour politician
- Nora Polley (1894–1988), Indian tennis player
- Nora Poppelwell, former mayoress of Gore
- Nora Pouillon (born 1943), Austrian-American chef and restaurateur
- Nora Pöyhönen (1849–1938), Finnish horticulturist and educator
- Nora En Pure (born 1990), Swiss South African DJ and record producer
- Nora Radcliffe (born 1946), Scottish politician
- Norah Abdul Rahman (born 1958), Malaysian politician
- Nora Reiche (born 1983), German handball player
- Nora Renouf, British pharmaceutical chemist
- Nora Ricci (1924–1976), Italian actress
- Norah Richards (1876–1971), Irish actress and playwright
- Nora Rinne (born 1973), Finnish actress
- Nora Rios (born 1999), Swedish actress
- Nora Roberts (born 1950), American author
- Nora Rocha (born 1967), Mexican long-distance runner
- Nora Rodd (1893–1994), Canadian peace activist
- Nora Tausz Rónai (born 1924), Brazilian holocaust survivor, architect, writer and masters swimmer
- Nora Ross, American trap shooting champion
- Nora Rubashova (1909–1987), Russian Catholic nun
- Norah Runge (1884–1978), British politician
- Nora St. Rose, Trinidadian cricketer
- Nora Salinas (born 1976), Mexican actress
- Nora Samosir, Singaporean actress
- Nora Sanderson (1905–1975), New Zealand romance novelist
- Nora Sayre (1932–2001), American film critic
- Nora Cate Schaeffer, American sociologist and survey statistician
- Nora Schimming-Chase (1940–2018), Namibian politician
- Norah Schuster (1892–1991), British pathologist
- Nora E. Scott (1905–1994), American Egyptologist
- Nora Seitz (born 1984), German politician
- Nora Shanab (born 1987), Israeli footballer
- Nóra Ní Shíndile, Irish singer
- Nóra Simóka (born 1980), Hungarian modern pentathlete
- Nora Simonhjell, Norwegian literary scholar
- Norah Simpson (1895–1974), Australian artist
- Nora Sipos (1900–1988), New Zealand businesswoman, humanitarian and welfare worker
- Nora Slawik (born 1962), American politician
- Norah Smallwood (1909–1984), British publisher
- Nora Smith, several people
- Norah Smyth (1874–1963), British suffragette, photographer and socialist activist
- Nora Somoza (1930–2013), Argentine tennis player
- Nora Sopková, Czech set decorator
- Nora Stapleton (born 1983), Irish rugby union footballer
- Norah Dowell Stearns (1891–1954), American hydrogeologist
- Nora Sterry (1879–1941), American teacher and academic
- Nora Stiasny (1898–1942), Austrian Jewish art collector
- Norah Sharpe Stone (1938–2019), Canadian-born American philanthropist, vintner and collector
- Norah Stoner (born 1945), Canadian politician
- Norah Story (1902–1978), Canadian archivist
- Nora Strømstad (1909–2005), Norwegian alpine skier
- Nora Jane Struthers (born 1983), American singer-songwriter
- Nora Subschinski (born 1988), German diver
- Nora Sumberg, Australian artist
- Nora Sun (1937–2011), American diplomat
- Nora Sundberg (born 2005), Swedish golfer
- Nora Sveaass (born 1949), Norwegian psychologist
- Nora Swinburne (1902–2000), British actress
- Nora Tallus (born 1981), Finnish ice hockey player
- Nora Torulf (1903–1993), Swedish author and politician
- Nora Tschirner (born 1981), German actress
- Nora Turato, Croatian artist
- Nora Twomey (born 1971), Irish animator, director, screenwriter, producer and voice actress
- Nora W. Tyson (born 1956), US Navy admiral
- Nora Valdez (born 1997), Colombian archer
- Nora Valsami (born 1948), Greek actress
- Nora Vargas, American politician
- Nóra Varsányi (born 1991), Hungarian handball player
- Nora Vasconcellos, American skateboarder
- Nora Veryán (1929–1998), Mexican actress
- Norah Vincent (1968–2022), American writer
- Nora Volkow (born 1956), Mexican psychiatrist
- Nora Vynne (1857–1914), British novelist and political activist
- Nora Wagener (born 1989), Luxembourgish writer
- Nora Waldstätten (born 1981), Austrian actress
- Nora Wall, Irish Sisters of Mercy member
- Nora Waln (1895–1964), American writer
- Nora Watkins (1957–2023), New Zealand former footballer
- Nora Wattie (1900–1994), Scottish public health medicine and ante-natal pioneer
- Norah Weinstein, co-CEO of Baby2Baby
- Nora Kate Weston (1880–1965), Australian cabinet-maker
- Nora Wilhelm (born 1993), Swiss activist and social entrepreneur
- Norah Wilson (1901–1971), Australian Aboriginal community worker
- Nora Xu (born 1995), Chinese model
- Nora Young, Canadian broadcaster and writer
- Nora Young (cyclist) (1917–2016), Canadian cyclist
- Nora Yú (born 1954), Mexican politician
- Nora Zaïdi (born 1965), former Member of the European Parliament
- Nora Zehetner (born 1981), American actress
- Nora Zuckerman, American television screenwriter
Surname
- Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
- Pierre Nora (1931–2025), French historian
- Simon Nora (1921–2006), French politician
Fictional characters
- Nora from the video game Fields of Mistria
- Nora from the anime Noragami
- Nora from the film Pete's Dragon
- Nora, character from the anime Witchblade
- Nora Allen from The Flash comic books
- Nora Allen (The Flash), Barry Allen's mother in the TV series The Flash
- Nora West-Allen, Barry and Iris' daughter in the TV series The Flash
- Nora Arendt in Spice and Wolf
- Nora the Arctic Fox Fairy, from the British book series Rainbow Magic (originally published as Anna the Arctic Fox Fairy)
- Nora from Cytus II
- Nora Baker, eldest daughter of 'The Bakers' in the film Cheaper by the Dozen
- Nora Batty, character on the British television series Last of the Summer Wine
- Nora Beady, character from the Barnyard franchise
- Nora Bing, character in Friends
- Nora Braverman, character in the Parenthood tv series
- Nora Charles, character in the Dashiell Hammett novel, The Thin Man
- Nora Carpenter, character in Final Destination 2
- Nora Clitheroe, from the play The Plough and the Stars
- Nora Darhk, character in Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow
- Nora Dershlit, a character from iCarly
- Nora Durst, a character from the American television series The Leftovers
- Nora Estheim, character in the video game Final Fantasy XIII
- Nora Fanshaw, in Marriage Story
- Nora Fries, character in DC Comics
- Nora Gainesborough, a character from True Blood
- Nora Grey, character in the Hush, Hush series of books by Becca Fitzpatrick
- Nora Hanen, character on the American television series One Life to Live
- Nora Harris, character in the video game The Last of Us Part II
- Nora, character in the television series The Last of Us
- Nora Helmer, character in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
- Nora Holleran, character from the book and film Red, White & Royal Blue
- Nora of Kelmendi, legendary character in the Albanian folklore
- Nora Krank, a character in the film Christmas with the Kranks
- Nora Lewin, character on the American television series Law & Order
- Nora Mae Edwards, character in the movie Graverobbers
- Nora Reid, character on the television series The Wilds
- Noora Amalie Sætre, character in Norwegian TV show SKAM
- Nora Singh, character in the TV series The Muppets Mayhem
- Norah Stoakes, character in the Canadian young adult novel The Sky Is Falling
- Nora Thunderman, character in the TV show The Thundermans
- Nora Valkyrie from the animated web series RWBY
- Nora Wakeman, character in My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Nora Walker, a character in the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Nora Walker, character on the American television series Brothers & Sisters
Animals
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Nora
- All pages with titles containing Nora
References
- ^ Withycombe, E. G. (1976). The Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names. Omega Books.
- ^ Drosdowski, Günther (1974). Lexikon der Vornamen. Duden.
- ^ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006), A Dictionary of First Names, Oxford Paperback Reference (2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 353, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1.
- ^ Rodum, Elisabeth (23 January 2013). "Nora og Lucas mest populære". Aftenposten (in Norwegian).
- ^ Either derived from Cockney pronunciation of "horror" or using "Nora" as a generic name; "flaming Ada" also occurs. Thorpe, J. R. (3 February 2015). "9 Obscure Swear Words We Should Bring Back". Bustle. Dent, Susie (2009). What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 Questions about the English Language. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 132–33. ISBN 978-0-19-957415-5.