Margunn vs Nora
Margunn and Noracompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 1985, Margunn was ranked #532 and Nora #202 among girls in Norway.
Margunn and Nora over time
Margunn and Nora appear together in 1 published list, across 40 years of shared records. Nora held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Margunn in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Nora reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Margunn in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Margunn and Nora changed places 16 times in Norway · Girls between 1945 and 1985, ending at #532 and #202.
- Longest-running competitions
Margunn and Nora were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 40 years, from 1945 to 1985, ending at #532 and #202.
List by list
Norway · Girls40 shared years, 1945–1985
Margunn held the stronger position in 17 of those years, Nora in 23.
Highest recorded here: Margunn #150 in 1960, Nora #146 in 1957.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 1985: Margunn #532, Nora #202.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Margunn | Nora |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | A short form of the names Honora (linked to Latin 'honor') or Eleanor — not an independently rooted name; Behind the Name does not specify which is the 'true' source for any given historical bearer. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | English/Irish, short form of Honora or Eleanor |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ˈnɔrə/ |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #532 (1985) | Norway · Girls #3 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 82/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Nora has a recorded origin (English/Irish, short form of Honora or Eleanor); Margunn does not have one recorded yet.
- Margunn and Nora both have 2 syllables.
- A meaning is recorded for Nora; Margunn doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in NO.
How each name got here
Margunn
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #260 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–1985
Highest recorded position: #150 among girls in Norway, in 1960 (recorded 1945–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent1985
Most recently recorded at #532 among girls in Norway, in 1985.
Norway · Girls
Nora
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #219 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #1 among girls in Norway, in 2014 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #52 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls