The baby name Nori is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: NOH-ree (/ˈnɔːri/ or /ˈnoʊri/),Japanese: no-ri (/noɾi/),Hungarian: NÓ-ri (/ˈnoːri/).
Nori is English, Hungarian, Irish, Japanese, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Nori is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: NOH-ree (/ˈnɔːri/ or /ˈnoʊri/),Japanese: no-ri (/noɾi/),Hungarian: NÓ-ri (/ˈnoːri/).
Nori is English, Hungarian, Irish, Japanese, Scandinavian in Origin.
Nori is a cross-cultural given name and nickname with Japanese and Western roots. In Japanese it can be written with many kanji - such as 典, 法, 教, 憲, or 乗 - yielding meanings like rule, law, doctrine, constitution, or to ride; it is unrelated to the homograph 海苔 meaning seaweed. In English-speaking use, Nori also shortens Eleanor/Lenora (light, via Helen) and Honora/Norah (honor), so meanings vary by source.
In Japan Nori appears for all genders and more commonly as a component in compound names (e.g., Masanori, Akinori), while in the West it has circulated as a pet form since the late 19th–20th century, with modern visibility from Tolkien’s dwarf Nori and the nickname of North “Nori” West. Variants and related forms include Norie, Norrie, Nora/Norah, Noriko; compare also the separate Arabic–Turkic Nuri/Nouri (“my light”).
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | 0 | #66 | 12 | 4,057 | |
| AL | 0 | #72 | 5 | 2,372 | |
| AF | 0 | #76 | 1 | 1,883 | |
| AF | Girls | 0 | #93 | 2 | 2,402 |
| ID | Girls | 0 | #100 | 3 | 3,319 |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #108 | 7 | 5,459 |
| PH | 0 | #109 | 2 | 5,607 | |
| HU | 0 | #114 | 2 | 1,675 | |
| KW | 0 | #120 | 2 | 5,216 | |
| EC | 0 | #121 | 1 | 2,502 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| CY | Boys | 0 | #131 | 1 | 3,473 |
| IQ | 0 | #133 | 1 | 3,533 | |
| Switzerland | Girls | 2024 | #134 | 2 | 1,786 |
| GR | 0 | #135 | 1 | 3,911 | |
| PA | 0 | #138 | 1 | 3,797 | |
| JO | 0 | #140 | 1 | 2,158 | |
| MT | Girls | 0 | #153 | 1 | 3,773 |
| PR | Girls | 0 | #166 | 2 | 3,171 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| SI | Girls | 0 | #176 | 2 | 2,769 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2020 | #179 | 2 | 1,663 |
| MT | Boys | 0 | #179 | 1 | 4,064 |
| HR | 0 | #181 | 1 | 2,081 | |
| Sweden | Boys | 2021 | #182 | 2 | 1,578 |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #182 | 28 | 3,402 |
| AE | 0 | #186 | 2 | 10,220 | |
| LU | Girls | 0 | #190 | 1 | 4,850 |
| AR | 0 | #192 | 2 | 2,915 | |
| DK | 0 | #206 | 1 | 5,198 | |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #209 | 15 | 3,308 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #214 | 87 | 5,122 |
| LU | Boys | 0 | #218 | 3 | 4,970 |
| AL | Girls | 0 | #222 | 6 | 4,141 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #235 | 11 | 6,592 |
| GR | Boys | 0 | #237 | 31 | 6,912 |
| BD | 0 | #241 | 1 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #244 | 54 | 7,909 |
| EC | Boys | 0 | #246 | 1 | 3,322 |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #255 | 2 | 7,111 |
| EC | Girls | 0 | #257 | 2 | 3,650 |
| HR | Boys | 0 | #258 | 2 | 3,997 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #272 | 3 | 3,535 |
| Canada | Girls | 2024 | #273 | 13 | 2,795 |
| SG | 0 | #278 | 5 | 11,010 | |
| DZ | 0 | #280 | 2,425 | 20,130 | |
| IL | 0 | #282 | 1 | 6,291 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #287 | 3 | 8,139 |
| HR | Girls | 0 | #294 | 1 | 3,687 |
| LY | 0 | #294 | 270 | 12,703 | |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #295 | 2 | 6,578 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #303 | 14 | 15,378 |
| SA | 0 | #310 | 3 | 10,560 | |
| PE | 0 | #328 | 2 | 6,350 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #329 | 4 | 7,401 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| GT | 0 | #337 | 2 | 5,948 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| MY | 0 | #346 | 9 | 12,352 | |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| BR | 0 | #359 | 2 | 5,969 | |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #382 | 8 | 7,057 |
| France | Boys | 2021 | #383 | 5 | 2,865 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #385 | 12 | 15,987 |
| YE | 0 | #390 | 9 | 8,639 | |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #400 | 7 | 8,413 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #406 | 3 | 11,440 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| EG | 0 | #409 | 4 | 6,387 | |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #414 | 32 | 10,523 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #422 | 8 | 13,098 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| MX | 0 | #442 | 4 | 8,339 | |
| PA | Girls | 0 | #466 | 16 | 9,861 |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #480 | 36 | 19,177 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #490 | 15 | 11,303 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #491 | 15 | 7,500 |
| CO | 0 | #505 | 6 | 7,768 | |
| PA | Boys | 0 | #505 | 1 | 9,305 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #513 | 40 | 10,162 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #518 | 6 | 11,913 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #524 | 3 | 12,621 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #533 | 4 | 6,731 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #539 | 7 | 8,334 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #540 | 14 | 20,968 |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #541 | 59 | 8,289 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #544 | 4 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #551 | 7 | 12,905 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #559 | 109 | 13,071 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #560 | 1 | 11,671 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #560 | 27 | 18,916 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| CR | Girls | 0 | #565 | 9 | 11,342 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #580 | 8 | 17,937 | |
| BO | Girls | 0 | #602 | 10 | 9,488 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #604 | 2 | 10,045 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #621 | 5 | 10,983 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #642 | 9 | 16,104 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #652 | 3 | 13,121 |
| SY | 0 | #657 | 72 | 11,684 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #667 | 251 | 8,487 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #674 | 9 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #687 | 4 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #699 | 2 | 13,390 |
| IT | 0 | #699 | 16 | 4,183 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #732 | 20 | 12,213 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #735 | 5 | 17,960 |
| TN | 0 | #735 | 95 | 13,765 | |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #739 | 5 | 18,093 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #746 | 190 | 25,931 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #747 | 199 | 14,861 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #764 | 234 | 24,821 |
| MA | 0 | #778 | 363 | 20,986 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #800 | 7 | 18,755 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #804 | 48 | 14,098 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #814 | 25 | 4,949 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #821 | 6 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #871 | 11 | 17,948 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #872 | 21 | 7,044 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #877 | 10 | 15,035 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #880 | 104 | 5,561 |
| Spain | Boys | 0 | #906 | 25 | 5,610 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #910 | 50 | 14,742 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 41 | 5,933 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #918 | 35 | 5,697 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #919 | 8 | 14,506 |
| NL | Boys | 0 | #930 | 22 | 5,873 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #977 | 5 | 15,656 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #987 | 92 | 16,140 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #988 | 5 | 12,708 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,028 | 6 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,068 | 44 | 25,439 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,081 | 12 | 22,615 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,101 | 83 | 17,781 |
| TR | 0 | #1,109 | 103 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,114 | 28 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,272 | 175 | 9,415 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,313 | 159 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,549 | 66 | 28,008 |
Nori is popular in 73 countries — most recent births per country:
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