Noora
given name · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Noora is a given name, most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is the 21st most common given name. It appears chiefly in English and Finnish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: light; feminine of Noor.
- SASaudi Arabia1 in 122◐
- QAQatar1 in 222
- KWKuwait1 in 1.7K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈13K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 106 ●
- 1 in 467 ◐
across 6 countries
recorded for this name
15K records
Official registry-verified
Finland
Spellings & scripts●
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
light; feminine of Noor
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA Saudi Arabia | #21 | 184,503 | 281 rec. | — | — | Noora | 62 |
| FI Finland | — | 11,927△ | 463 rec. | 1 in 467 | 12K | Noora | 53 |
| QA Qatar | #20 | 10,363 | 2.4K rec. | — | — | Noora | 65 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #174 | 2,051 | 1.7K rec. | — | — | Noora | 106 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 1,905 | 1.9K rec. | — | — | Noora | 26 |
| KW Kuwait | #180 | 1,331 | 273 rec. | — | — | Noora | 26 |
| IN India | — | 1,185 | 466 rec. | — | 27 | Noora | 36 |
| US United States | — | 1,012 | 1.8K rec. | 1 in 329K | 1K | Noora | 103 |
| SY Syria | — | 922 | 1K rec. | — | — | Noora | 12 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 840 | 889 rec. | — | — | Noora | 10 |
| BH Bahrain | #16 | 815 | 248 rec. | — | — | Noora | 53 |
| UA Ukraine | — | 408 | 10 rec. | — | — | Noora | 4 |
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Languages●
- English193K69%
- Finnish51K18%
- Arabic14K5%
- Hindi4.5K2%
- 2.9K1%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 193,004 | 69% |
| Finnish | 51,125 | 18% |
| Arabic | 13,594 | 5% |
| Hindi | 4,493 | 2% |
| 2,864 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Noora is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Aboriginal; meaning unclear in OCR.
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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.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1984 | 8 |
| 1985 | 8 |
| 1986 | 5 |
| 1987 | 5 |
| 1988 | 9 |
| 1989 | 8 |
| 1990 | 7 |
| 1991 | 7 |
| 1992 | 6 |
| 1993 | 10 |
| 1994 | 8 |
| 1995 | 6 |
| 1996 | 12 |
| 1997 | 7 |
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 22 |
| 2008 | 22 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 25 |
| 2013 | 25 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 44 |
| 2016 | 43 |
| 2017 | 34 |
| 2018 | 37 |
| 2019 | 46 |
| 2020 | 45 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2022 | 40 |
| 2023 | 48 |
| 2024 | 63 |
| 2025 | 58 |
US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 42 years between 1984–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- 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).
Evidence●
Attested in 42 sources across 24 countries.
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 2026-09-12 data build · 140 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Noora?
- We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Noora (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
- In which country does Noora have the most bearers?
- Noora is most frequently recorded in Saudi Arabia, where it is most often spelled noora.
- How common is Noora compared with other names?
- In Saudi Arabia, Noora is the 21st most common given name of 51,390 given names recorded there.
- 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 does the name Noora mean?
- Recorded meaning: light; feminine of Noor
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
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 21st most common given name in Saudi Arabia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.