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Nori

Nori: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“doctrine, ceremony, law”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
NOR-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (93% of all uses)

Japanese name element and given name, often from nori depending on kanji used; meanings vary by writing. This is separate from the edible seaweed word nori, written with different characters.

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How popular is Nori?

202482.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Nori in 2024272

2024 rank#1,013 girls

Peak year2023

Total US babies since 18803,046

Nori is rising: use over the last five years is 8.1× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Nori

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ayacolorful design; verse, sign · Japanese
  • Hanaflower · Japanese
  • Kairisea village · Japanese
  • Emibeautiful blessing · Japanese
  • Kyomiuncertain; depends on kanji · Japanese
  • Kiyomipure beauty · Japanese
  • Yunavaried by kanji; common readings include gentle or moon · Japanese
  • Mikabeautiful fragrance · Japanese

Nori questions

What does the name Nori mean?

Nori means "doctrine, ceremony, law". It comes from Japanese. Japanese name element and given name, often from nori depending on kanji used; meanings vary by writing. This is separate from the edible seaweed word nori, written with different characters.

Is Nori a boy or girl name?

Nori is mainly a girl's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Nori?

272 US babies were named Nori in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.

How do you pronounce Nori?

Nori is usually pronounced NOR-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.