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It's fine. I wouldn't ever complain about it. I am more of an Eleanor fan, myself, though. Or Leonora. So much more evocative.

I tried to name Miriam this, so obviously I love it.

I had a relative called Norah Kathleen which her mother got from the BAs in the local paper when expecting her. Since I was very fond of Norah I have a soft spot for this spelling. The h is really redundant, though. I prefer Nora Katherine to her combo.

I never liked Nora or Norah. It sounds so drab and blah, like a worn-down Irish maid, not even the sassy type with lots of personality.

I like it and I prefer it with the H. It's soft and pretty.

I like Norah! I've always been a fan. I'm torn on how I feel about the H though. Nora doesn't seem complete but for some reason, the H bothers me. If I had to chose, I'd pick Norah though. What would you pair it with?

I used to like Nora, only this spelling. Norah looks awful to me. There' no need for the H, so to me it's just a creative spelling, just like Madisyn or Annah would be.

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I don't really like Nora much these days anyway. I think it's a little boring, and a bit nicknamey. I far prefer something like Leonora nn Nora instead.

I've always liked it - not enough to use, but close. And I also enjoy the -h version.

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When my daughter was tiny, she had a school reader which featured a family named Bone. Among the kiddies were twin baby daughters, always drawn in high chairs with bowls of food in front of them, wearing bibs which read, respectively, "Hi! I'm Laura" and "Hi! I'm Nora" - or perhaps Norah, I don't recall. Ghastly twinset, anyway.

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From that day on, Daughter wanted to name a puppy Norah Bone, but reconsidered when we got our next dog. I rather regret Norah Bone.

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As a human name, it seems perfectly doable and fresher than Laura (which I do prefer, though).

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How do you account for it - short for Eleanor, short for Honora, just a name in its own right?

I like it. It has a classy, "worldly" vibe. I like it best with an 'h'; it feels more like a name on its own than a NN for Eleanor(a)

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It's my 31 year olds "SIL's" name and I've heard it on younger and older people too. It seems pretty ageless, which is a plus for me.

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I don't like it. Nora is ok, I don't dislike it but I don't mind it. The h makes it worse.

I think it is a beautiful name! I prefer it as Nora though but Norah is ok too ;)

Love the H! :-)

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It strikes me as very nice but at the same it's understated; like not in-your-face-frilly pretty. Just pretty.

I'm biased because it's my niece's name (with the H!) but I love it :)

Not a fan

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It's too nicknamey and this spelling makes me want to say no-RAH.

I like it :) I don't know how I feel about on its own and not as a nn for Eleanor, but I do like it. I also think I like Norah more than Nora.

LOVE IT!! It's easily high on my list. I have so much love & respect for it. It's soft, feminine, classic. A name that is sophisticated & ages well. It beats all of these trendy, modern\invented names that you constantly see now, any day. It's a name that will be around for a LONG time. Anyone saying that its an old lady's name is INSANE lol. Norah\Nora is NOT outdated. Far from it. It works on all ages & I wouldn't mind at all naming a future daughter of mine "Norah" but I do prefer the Nora spelling just out of preference. (:
I don't mind the Norah spelling at all. Just prefer the other one (:

Nora has grown on me since I used it on a chapter (I don't really chose character names accordingly to how much I like them, or at least not solely for that reason). I can't help feeling that the final H feels a bit pointless ;-)

Good. Do like.

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Norah and Nora give me totally different vibes; Nora seems a little more sweet and innocent, Norah's a rockstar.

Sorry, but it's the H that keeps me from liking it. It looks as pointless and wrong to me as it would in Barbarah or Jennah.

I don't like it. The H is actually what bothers me about it; I like Nora.
I guess even without the H the name is too nickname-y for me to see it as a full name.