First names in Hebrew

First name Norah: meaning, origin and its Hebrew spelling

נורה

Gematria value: 261

Its spelling

In Hebrew, Norah is written נורה

Norah is another spelling of Nora.

Meaning and origin

What does Norah mean?

Meaning: of disputed origin (short form of Eleanor or Honora)
Origin: disputed

Your name is a short form that has become a name of its own. It comes from Eleanor, or from Honora, "honor", in Ireland. It is also very close to the Arabic Noura, "light". Its origin therefore depends on the family. Nora is the heroine of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879), a woman who decides to leave in order to become herself.

Gematria

Norah = 261

In Hebrew, every letter is also a number. Added together, the letters of the name give its value: this is gematria. נורה has 4 letters:

• נthe letter Nun50
• וthe letter Vav6
• רthe letter Resh200
• הthe letter He5
• Total261

The verse of the name

From the letter Nun to the letter He

An ancient custom gives each person a verse: the one that begins with the first letter of their name and ends with the last. For Norah, from נ to ה:

נְקִי כַפַּיִם וּבַר־לֵבָב אֲשֶׁר לֹא־נָשָׂא לַשָּׁוְא נַפְשִׁי וְלֹא נִשְׁבַּע לְמִרְמָה׃

“One who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood, and has not sworn deceitfully.”

Psalms 24:4

The book of your first name

Norah, in nine pages

• Norah, in Hebrew
• Letter by letter
• The number of your name
• The verse of your name
• The portrait of Norah
• Norah, day to day
• What tradition says about names
• The sources

Frequently asked

Norah in three answers

How do you write Norah in Hebrew?
In Hebrew, Norah is written נורה. Norah is another spelling of Nora.

What is the gematria value of Norah?
Written נורה, Norah is worth 261: the letter Nun (50) + the letter Vav (6) + the letter Resh (200) + the letter He (5).

What does Norah mean?
Of disputed origin (short form of Eleanor or Honora) (origin: disputed). Your name is a short form that has become a name of its own. It comes from Eleanor, or from Honora, "honor", in Ireland. It is also very close to the Arabic Noura, "light". Its origin therefore depends on the family. Nora is the heroine of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879), a woman who decides to leave in order to become herself.