Given name & surname
Nore
Nore is a masculine given name from Old Norse. It is used in Norwegian Nynorsk.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nore through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 134
- 107 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #8,063 for boys · #14,459 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +86%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,063 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 6 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 as a first name in 2020; 355 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nore’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Nore has a related form in Nora.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nore
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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