Norene
Noreen is an Irish given name, anglicised from Nóirín. It is also an Arabic name with the forms Nourine, Noureen, and Noorin. Another spelling is Norene, Norine and Norinne.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Norene
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Noreen is an Irish given name, anglicised from Nóirín. It is also an Arabic name with the forms Nourine, Noureen, and Noorin. Another spelling is Norene, Norine and Norinne.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Norene
Norene first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1891, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1931: 121 births, good for #602 nationwide. About 21% of every Norene on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Norene last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Norene
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About the name Norene
Norene is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Norene's peak popularity came in 1931 when it ranked #602. Use the chart and map above to compare Norene's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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