Noora
given name · Latin script
Meaning: light; feminine of Noor
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/noʊɔɹə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Noora is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country. In Bahrain it is the 19th most common given name.
- QAQatar≈1 in 580(inferred from the name graph)
- BHBahrain≈1 in 1.1K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 1.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 118 (measured from records)
- 1 in 467 (inferred from the name graph)
11,927 people
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
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)
light; feminine of Noor
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.
How Noora is read(measured from records)
Noora is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Arabic40%
light; feminine of Noor
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Hindi12%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Noora in Hindi.
- Finnish9.0%
No dictionary in our sources glosses Noora in Finnish.
- English7.3%
Aboriginal; meaning unclear in OCR.
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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Noora, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Noora 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | #688 | 11,927 | 1 in 467 | 12K | Noora | 50 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #134 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.6K | — | Noora | 112 |
| QA Qatar | #48 | ≈4,200 est. | ≈1 in 580 | — | Noora | 67 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,500 est. | ≈1 in 14K | — | Noora | 61 |
| AF Afghanistan | — | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Noora | 5 |
| BH Bahrain | #19 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Noora | 56 |
| KW Kuwait | #309 | ≈440 est. | ≈1 in 6.8K | — | Noora | 30 |
11,927 people counted by DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register). 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: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Noora 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 ki, to sharpen (on grindstone)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In ff, crocodile, caiman
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In izh, cord, string
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Noora Peltokukkab. 1978FIFinnish actor
- Noora Noorb. 1979NONorwegian singer
- Noora Louhimob. 1988FIFinnish singer
- Noora Rätyb. 1989FIFinnish ice hockey player and coach (born 1989)
- Noora Komulainenb. 1990FIFinnish golfer
- Noora Laukkanenb. 1993FIFinnish swimmer
- Noora Ruskolab. 1994FIFinnish yachtswoman
- Noora Tulusb. 1995FIFinnish ice hockey player
- Noora Salem Jasimb. 1996NGBahraini athlete
- Noora NiasariIRfilm director
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 43 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 12K | #183 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 12K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 35 | #8,925 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
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 Noora mean, and where does it come from?
- light; feminine of Noor Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Noora?
- A machine transcription gives /noʊɔɹə/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Noora a male or female name?
- Noora 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 Noora?
- In the etymology graph, Nelly, Ella and Nellie are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Eleonora and Eleonoora.
- In which country does Noora have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 12 thousand people named Noora, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled noora.
- Where is Noora most common?
- Noora is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 467 people carrying it.
- How common is the name Noora?
- In Finland, the national register counted 11,927 people named Noora, about 1 in 467 residents.
- How common is Noora compared with other names?
- In Finland, Noora is the 688th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Noora?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nooraThe 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, “Noora” — the 688th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.