Anyone have strong opinions on the Nora vs Norah debate (as a given, standalone first name, not as nn for Eleanor)?
Would love to get a general sense of popular opinion. Been loving the name lately.
Thanks!!
-Addy
Nora vs Norah
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Addison
, Apr 23 2016 06:51 PM
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Posted 23 April 2016 - 06:51 PM
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Posted 23 April 2016 - 09:47 PM
I feel the h is unnecessary. Nora works just fine as a stand alone or nn. Honestly, reading it or writing it, I would prefer/assume just Nora. Beautiful name!
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Posted 23 April 2016 - 10:51 PM
This is one I go back and forth on way too much.
I think I like Nora better but Norah looks more...'complete'? as a stand alone name?
I don't know. I'd probably use Nora over Norah personally.
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Posted 24 April 2016 - 07:24 AM
I like Nora. I guess it would be the same as Sarah v Sara...my sister is Sara but Sarah is the more popular spelling.
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Posted 24 April 2016 - 01:04 PM
I like Norah....Nora is the main spelling and I like different. The silent H is just like the silent E 's in most names.
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Posted 24 April 2016 - 01:04 PM
Nora*
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Posted 30 April 2016 - 02:02 PM
I prefer Nora without the H myself. It feels.. unecessary, to me. Like it's sort of hanging off the edge of the name. 
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Posted 04 May 2016 - 05:09 AM
I am from Poland and I don't understand what is the difference between pronunciation Nora and Norah. In Poland girl names are always ended with A. Nora is really rare name and is more suitable for pets, especially dogs.
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Posted 04 May 2016 - 06:42 AM
I prefer Nora, it just looks cleaner to me. Plus Norah makes me want to pronounce it nor-ah instead of nor-uh.
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Posted 10 May 2016 - 11:57 PM
Nora is such a beautiful and simple (in a good way) name. Like a lot of the posters before me, the H seems unnecessary. To me it also takes out some of the elegance for me. That said, I would definitely say Nora
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Posted 28 May 2016 - 10:54 PM
Norah looks like a desperate feminization of Noah. It looks clumsy and feels a bit strange to add the 'h' when writing it out
Nora on the other hand looks more like it's own name rather than the counter part to Noah. It flows nicer when writing and looks cleaner.
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