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Nora or Norah is an English and Irish 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).^[1] In other European use the name may also originate as a short form of Eleonora or Eleanor.^[2] There is a corresponding Arabic name Nurah, (Template:Lang-ar), meaning "light",^[3]^[4] with which Eleanor may ultimately be connected. Norah (Template:Lang-he) also means "awesome" in Hebrew, as found in the liturgal poem El Nora Alila (Template:Lang-he) ("God of Awe").

The Irish Nóra is likewise probably an Irish form of Honora. A less-likely derivation of this Irish name is from the Irish Fionnualla. A diminutive form of Nóra is Nóirin; this name has numerous Anglicised forms, such as: Noreen, Norene, and Norine.^[5]

There is also a Hungarian feminine personal name "Nóra", with its own independent etymology.

References

^ Withycombe, E. G. (1976). The Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names. Omega Books.
^ Drosdowski, Günther (1974). Lexikon der Vornamen. Duden.
^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
^ 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.

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[Withycombe-1] Withycombe, E. G. (1976). The Concise Dictionary of English Christian Names. Omega Books.

[Duden-2] Drosdowski, Günther (1974). Lexikon der Vornamen. Duden.

[ahmad-3] Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.

[rahman-4] S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.

[5] 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.

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