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According to My Girly Names Website ( https://www.mygirlynames.com/Assyrian-babynames/girls/Nodira.html ), Nodira means "Strong stone, smart",and is of Tajikistan origin
We find such websites almost always recycle internet myths, rather than do proper research. Women's magazine writers do no better. When challenged, Woman's Day simply referred to a baby names website without verifying whether the information was correct (it largely wasn't).