Onora
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-NOR-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Onora is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “honour”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Onora mean?
Latin: Irish form of Honora, from Latin honor
“honour”
Irish form of Honora, from Latin honor; Nora began as a short form of these names.
Is Onora a girl's or a boy's name?
Onora is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Onora in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Onora, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 4 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Onora in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
How popular is Onora in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Onora, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the girls named Onora in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Onora in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
Nicknames for Onora
- Nora 707 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Onora
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiara Orla Nova Nora Maeva Clara Eden Aurora Fiadh Eira Ocean Brianna
Names related to Onora
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Emily Florence Mabel Luna Rosie Emilia Max Lucy Julian Anthony Austin Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Onora: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/onora, updated 20 October 2026.