Fun Facts About the Name Anora
- More than 1 thousand babies named Anora: U.S. records list 1,203 babies given the name Anora from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anora Mean?
Anora is a feminine name usually explained as a variant of the medieval English name Annora, an old form of Honora. Honora goes back to the Latin honos (also honor), meaning "honor" or "esteem," and came into English through the Old French Honorée. In that explanation, the meaning of Anora is simply "honor," and the initial An- is sometimes said to show the influence of Anne or Anna on the older name.
A second explanation treats Anora as a form of Eleanor, which medieval English records also spell in shapes close to Anora. Some modern use may instead combine Anna and Nora, or shorten Honora or Eleanor into a similar form. Because these explanations overlap and the name has never been common, the exact derivation behind any single use of Anora is often uncertain.
Anora Name History & Origins
The honor-names reached England after the Norman Conquest as the feminine of the Latin Honoratus, carried in Old French. Medieval English records show the name in forms such as Annora and Anora, alongside Honora. The same name was taken to Ireland, where it became Onóra; from that Irish form came the short form Nora, which later became common in English on its own.
Anora itself has stayed uncommon, so there is no continuous, well-documented tradition of use attached to this spelling. In English-speaking countries it is generally treated as a variant of Annora, Honora, or Nora, or as a form related to Eleanor. Recent familiarity with the name comes partly from fiction and film - for instance, the character Queen Anora in the Dragon Age game series, which began in 2009, and the title character of the 2024 film Anora. These are modern uses of a name that already existed, not its source.
How Popular is the Name Anora?
Anora has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #1,485 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,485 | 144 | 0.0090% |
| 2024 | #2,379 | 76 | 0.0047% |
| 2023 | #2,257 | 82 | 0.0051% |
| 2022 | #2,895 | 58 | 0.0035% |
| 2021 | #2,085 | 91 | 0.0055% |
| 2020 | #2,242 | 80 | 0.0050% |
| 2019 | #2,511 | 70 | 0.0042% |
| 2018 | #2,146 | 88 | 0.0052% |
| 2017 | #2,323 | 79 | 0.0046% |
| 2016 | #2,389 | 78 | 0.0044% |
| 2015 | #3,061 | 55 | 0.0031% |
| 2014 | #3,233 | 50 | 0.0028% |
| 2013 | #3,649 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 2012 | #3,789 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 2011 | #3,923 | 38 | 0.0022% |
| 2010 | #4,992 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2009 | #5,910 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2008 | #6,577 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2007 | #6,844 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #9,358 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #14,349 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #12,533 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1994 | #11,888 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #9,850 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1923 | #5,002 | 5 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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