Noreen
given name · Latin script
Meaning: A diminutive of Nora, sometimes used as an independent name
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɝˈin/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Noreen is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Kuwait it is the 78th most common given name.
- ARArgentina≈1 in 612as Nora(inferred from the name graph)
- HNHonduras≈1 in 815as Nora
- KWKuwait≈1 in 1.4Kas Nora
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Noreen itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 8 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 403 (measured from records)
- 1 in 283 (inferred from the name graph)
119,144 named Nora, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Hungary, as Nóra
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Nora in AR Argentina, PH Philippines, EG Egypt and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A diminutive of Nora, sometimes used as an independent name.
Sources 1
- Irish first names
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noreen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #904 | 119,144as Nora | 1 in 2.8K | 119K | Noreen | 403 |
| AR Argentina | #204 | ≈74,000 est. | ≈1 in 612 | 116 | Nora | 127 |
| PH Philippines | #493 | ≈68,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Nora | 93 |
| EG Egypt | #162 | ≈53,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Nora | 102 |
| HU Hungary | — | 34,526as Nóra | 1 in 283 | 35K | — | 2 |
| NO Norway | — | 13,125as Nora | 1 in 417 | 45K | Noreen | 37 |
| HN Honduras | #95 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 815 | — | Nora | 38 |
| SE Sweden | — | 11,022as Nora | 1 in 926 | 11K | Nora | 35 |
| KW Kuwait | #78 | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Nora | 57 |
119,144 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling nora. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Noreen is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Swedish, ornamental name formed with norr ‘north’ -i- the adjectival suffix -een, variant of -en, a derivative of Latin -enius.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In English, variant of Nora; Irish diminutive
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Irish and English: originally an Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Nóirín , a diminutive of Nóra (see NORA ). It is now used as an independent given name in the English-speaking world. Variants: Norene, Norine .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Noreen Gammillb. 1898USAmerican actress (1898-1988)
- Noreen Bransonb. 1910GBBritish historian (1910-2003)
- Noreen Nashb. 1924USAmerican film and television actress
- Noreen Riolsb. 1926GBBritish novelist, spy and former agent
- Noreen Murrayb. 1935GBBritish molecular biologist
- Noreen Corcoranb. 1943USAmerican actress and dancer (1943-2016)
- Widdecombeb. 1947GBnot in their usual nameBritish politician and media personality (1947–2026)
- Noreen Kokorudab. 1947USAmerican politician who has served in the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Noreen Kershawb. 1950GBBritish actress
- Noree Victoriab. 2000USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 65 sources across 37 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16K | #1,818 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 356 | #3,155 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 50 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 33 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 16 | #1,818 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Noreen mean, and where does it come from?
- A diminutive of Nora, sometimes used as an independent name. Recorded by Irish first names.
- Is Noreen a male or female name?
- Noreen is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Noreen?
- In the etymology graph, Nelly, Nellie and Nelli are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Nora and Lenora.
- How do you pronounce Noreen?
- A machine transcription gives /nɝˈin/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Noreen have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 119 thousand people named Nora, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Noreen most common?
- No national register we hold counts the spelling Noreen itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Hungary's: the national register counts about 1 in 283 people named Nóra.
- How common is the name Noreen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 119,144 people named Nora in 2020, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Noreen compared with other names?
- In the United States, Noreen is the 904th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/noreenThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Noreen” — the 904th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.