Given name

Nurah

Nurah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Nurah 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 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nurah through the years

Babies since 1880
146
0 boys · 146 girls
Most popular year
2021
14 babies
2025
8
#11,655 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−5%
Steady
02.557.510198020002025Highest share 20215.0
Nurah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1980–2025, 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,655 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

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

NurahNura

The ring: spellings.

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

Spellings & scripts 1

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

Similar names

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

Modern

Norrah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Enara

“swallow”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Persian · Modern

Nouri

Nouri is a surname from Persian.

21RareRising fast

25% boys · 75% girls

Modern

Nissah

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

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Auora

11Very rare

>99% girls

Modern

Namal

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Sua

Sua is a surname.

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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

A brother for Nurah