Noreen name - Meaning of Noreen
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 8
- Usage
- Irish, English, Latin
- Pronounced
- nawr-EEN
- Noreen Meaning
- Diminutive of Nora. Noreen is a diminutive of Nora. Nora is most likely a diminutive of Honora, ultimately derived from Latin and meaning "honor". Some sources suggest it can also be a short form of Eleanor, which means "mercy, compassion". There is also a similar name in Arabic, which means "light". Nora is the name of the main character in Ibsen"s novel A Doll"s House, as well as the name of a 2000 film about Nora Barnacle, the wife of James Joyce.
Noreen Related Names
Variants: Nóirín, Norene (Irish), Nonie, Norene (English), Norina
Other Languages: Eleonora (Croatian), Eleonora, Ellinor, Ella, Nora (Danish), Eleonora, Ellen, Noor, Noortje, Nora (Dutch), Eleonoora, Eleonora, Ella, Elli, Noora (Finnish), Eléonore (French), Eleonora, Eleonore, Leonore, Lore, Nora (German), Eleonóra, Nóra (Hungarian), Eleonora, Leonora, Lora, Nora (Italian), Honoria (Late Roman), Eleonora, Ellinor, Ella, Nora (Norwegian), Aliénor (Occitan), Eleonora (Polish), Leonor (Portuguese), Eilionoir, Eilidh (Scottish), Leonor (Spanish), Eleonora, Ellinor, Ella, Nora (Swedish)
Noreen Celebrities
Noreen Gilpatrick - writer,
