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JenJH923 · August 2011

We picked the name Norah for a girl after we saw it on TV, spelled N-O-R-A-H. After I posted on here one time that we had picked that name I had a few responses saying "We picked the name Nora too for a girl." Nobody else spelled it with an H. I thought the name was not very popular (I work on a maternity unit and I looked through about 3 years worth of our name records and only found 4 Norah's.) and now I feel like it might be more common than we thought

All that being said, I don't want the name to become more common and then have my daughter be the only one with the H on the end, but I love it spelled that way!

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greeneyed_bride · August 2011

JenJH923:

the name was not very popular (I work on a maternity unit and I looked through about 3 years worth of our name records and only found 4 Norah's.) and now I feel like it might be more common than we thought

I voted for the H on the end. Smile But in response to your bolded statement - you may already know this, but just in case... the Social Security administration has a website that tells you the popularity of any name for every year up to last year. So if you really want to know how common a name is, you can search for it there.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/

kms34 · August 2011

I prefer the H. I think it looks more complete. Like Sarah vs. Sara.

JenJH923 · August 2011

Thank you! That makes it seem like not as popular of a name after looking at that website!

SY Smiles · August 2011

kms34:
I prefer the H. I think it looks more complete. Like Sarah vs. Sara.

Yes, this is exactly what I was going to say. My name is SaraH and I always thought Sara looked sort of incomplete.

sschoonmaker · August 2011

Thanks for picking on my name everyone. J/K. My name is Sara without an H. And I was going to say, don't worry about your child being the only one with their name spelt that way. Growing up everyone would just place an H on the end of my name because that was the most common way to spell it. However, I felt special that my name was spelt differently than the many other Sarah's that I came accross. Not to insult any Sarah's out there, but I thought the H was always unneccessary and made the name uglier. That said, I agreed that the H on Nora made it look more complete. Really, however you write the name that is how your daughter will end up liking it.

tigerlily46 · August 2011

I'm Sara without the H, too. My husband is Jon without the H. We're not into extra letters. lol. However, I did vote for Norah. Reminds me of Norah Jones. Maybe your little girl will grow up to be a famous singer someday. What middle names are you thinking about?

JenJH923 · August 2011

The middle name will be Juliann.

arey91 · August 2011

i like both spellings but what you may want to think about is how you want it pronounced. do you want Nora with a softer a sound at the end or do you want Norah with the H sound.. i kept sayn Noraaaa or Nor-ahh i dunno im wierd but thats what i was thinking lol

dr_pr · August 2011

My best friend from grade school is named Norah, and I love the H at the end! Arey91, I don't think there will be any issues with pronunciation--my friend pronounces hers like it's spelled without the H (basically treats the H as a silent letter).

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