Meaning & Story
A variant spelling of Nora, derived from the Irish Honora or the Latin Honora, meaning "honor" — gentle, classic, and quietly elegant.
Norah is Nora with a soft h added at the end — a small change that somehow makes the name feel more lyrical, more considered. Singer Norah Jones made the spelling widely recognizable and gave it a warm, jazz-infused quality that it happily retains. For a dog, Norah is a name that sits beautifully between classic and distinctive: not so common that it blends in, but familiar enough to feel immediately right. Suits a calm, musical-spirited dog.