Nora
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short form of Eleonora.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Nora (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Nora has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 168 |
| 1999 | 237 |
| 2000 | 247 |
| 2001 | 258 |
| 2002 | 263 |
| 2003 | 262 |
| 2004 | 307 |
| 2005 | 290 |
| 2006 | 316 |
| 2007 | 334 |
| 2008 | 319 |
| 2009 | 297 |
| 2010 | 253 |
| 2011 | 274 |
| 2012 | 247 |
| 2013 | 240 |
| 2014 | 252 |
| 2015 | 256 |
| 2016 | 217 |
| 2017 | 263 |
| 2018 | 317 |
| 2019 | 280 |
| 2020 | 256 |
| 2021 | 255 |
| 2022 | 255 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,637 |
| 2000 | 1,858 |
| 2001 | 2,097 |
| 2002 | 2,346 |
| 2003 | 2,598 |
| 2004 | 2,894 |
| 2005 | 3,168 |
| 2006 | 3,494 |
| 2007 | 3,821 |
| 2008 | 4,152 |
| 2009 | 4,441 |
| 2010 | 4,690 |
| 2011 | 4,970 |
| 2012 | 5,220 |
| 2013 | 5,488 |
| 2014 | 5,759 |
| 2015 | 6,032 |
| 2016 | 6,265 |
| 2017 | 6,555 |
| 2018 | 6,881 |
| 2019 | 7,174 |
| 2020 | 7,420 |
Nora in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Nora.Hi! My name is Nora.
- Nora bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Nora lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Nora har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Nora has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Noras mamma är lärare.Nora's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Noras mamma is Nora's mum.
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Questions about Nora
How do you pronounce Nora in Swedish?
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What does the name Nora mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, short form of Eleonora.
How popular is Nora in Sweden?
255 babies were named Nora in 2022. In 2020, 7,420 people in Sweden had Nora as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2007 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.