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Nora (F)>

Nora (female)

Variants:Mona (F) Norah (F) Norma (F) Normanna (F) Normina (F)
Diminutive(s):Nóirin (F) Noreen (F)
Diminutive for:Eleanora (F) Honora (F) Leonora (F)
Pet Name(s):Noni (F) Nonie (F)
Pet Name for:Eleanor (F) Ellen (F)
Masculine form:Norman (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:

1. English, derived from various names ending in -nora; also the many variants of Eleanor and, by extension, for Ellen.

2. The accented Gaelic name, Nóra, is a feminine form of Norman in the Scottish Highlands [ONC].