Also Romansh: Source: "Vornamen in der Schweiz. Prénoms en Suisse. I nomi in Svizzera. Prenoms in Svizra" (1993) published by the Association of Swiss registrars https://www.portraitarchiv.ch/portrait?page=112
Also used in Spanish. It is used as a diminutive of Leonor.https://www.conmishijos.com/nombres/leonor/ https://www.elalmanaque.com/santoral/febrero/22-2-leonor.htm(in Spanish, they mention Nora as a diminutive of Leonor).It is used as a standalone name in modern times. There are 19.048 bearers of this name in Spain and the average age of the bearers is 14 (source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística). [noted -ed]
Nora is also Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Estonian. The name day for Nora in Poland is February 12. The name day for Nora in the Czech Republic is July 8. The name day for Nora in Slovakia is August 31. The name day for Nora in Estonia is July 8.
In 2018, 2 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Nora who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 658th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/5/2018
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It is very widely used in Arabic, pronounced and written as both Nora and Norah. [noted -ed]
This name is also used in Dutch and Limburgish. For The Netherlands as a whole, Nora is now in the top 100 (as you can check yourself in your own popularity statistics for The Netherlands). For many decades, it used to be a rare name in the country as a whole, but it has been steadily climbing in popularity since 1998. It reached the 62nd place in 2011, which is the most popular that Nora has ever been here so far.
Nora was very popular from the 1880's until the 1900's and started to drop in usage and popularity in 1910. In the year 2000 it began to grow again in popularity and usage. The spelling Norah didn't appear on the top 1000 list until 2000.
― Anonymous User 9/25/2006
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