Given name & surname

Norda

“woman from the North”

Norda is a variant of Nordica. One German interpretation is “woman from the North.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Norda is a variant of Nordica. One German interpretation is “woman from the North.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Norda is a variant of Nordica. An origin associated with Nordica is German.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Norda through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1935
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19350.0
Norda in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1935–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Norda’s family of names

Norda has a related form in Nordica. In Greek usage, Norda as a surname is a transliteration of Νόρδα.

Walk Norda’s family in the name graph

NordaΝόρδαNordica

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Norda, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Nelda

“the shining light”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Greek

Naida

“a water nymph”

12Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Vintage revival

Norma

“a man from the north”

39RareRising

>99% girls

Hebrew

Nira

“of the plowed field”

25RareRising fast

>99% girls

Virtue

Nollie

“filled with hope”

11Very rareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Ninfa

11Very rare

>99% girls

German

Edda

“suffering strife during war”

15Very rareRising

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Norda’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Norda