Noura

What Noura means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Noura yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1983, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Noura?

US: Rising: up from #3842 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1783 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 92 girls got the name (#2080 that year). First in the US records in 1983.

How common

• About 1 in 19,365 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,694 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.25 per 1,000 girls), IL (0.11 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.11 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Noura is #2214 in the US and #431 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Noura were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Nora6,380 US · 616 E&W
• Norah1,191 US · 195 E&W
• Nori193 US · 16 E&W
• Nyra147 US · 55 E&W
• Noora58 US · 50 E&W
• Nara72 US · 34 E&W
• Naira77 US · 29 E&W
• Nura49 US · 42 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Noura

Girls

• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Cecilia#108possibly “blind”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Esther#119“star”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

For a brother

• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Noura’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.