Given name & surname

Norra

Norra is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Norra isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Norra through the years

Babies since 1880
25
0 boys · 25 girls
Most popular year
2015
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20170.0
Norra in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2009–2025, 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 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

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

Norra’s family of names

Norra may belong to the same name family as Nora. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Norra’s family in the name graph

NorraNora

The ring: 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.

Similar names

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

Modern

Norrah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Noorseen

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nykira

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nyauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Niala

“a champion”

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Modern

Salora

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Nevaya

12Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Modern

Nissah

“a friendly elf” · “one who tests others”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

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