Noreen

Where Noreen comes from

Anglicized from Irish Nóirín (diminutive of Nóra (“Nora”)).
— Wiktionary's entry for Noreen
  • Irish
  • Arabic
Along the way
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,450 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Noreen Nash born
    American film and television actress
  3. 1943
    Noreen Corcoran born
    American actress and dancer
  4. 1948
    Peak, #299
    654 babies named Noreen — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #555.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish.
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Noreen Corcoran · American actress and dancer, 1943–2016
  • Noreen Nash · American film and television actress, 1924–2023
  • Noreen Murray · British molecular biologist, 1935–2011
  • Noreen Riols · British novelist, spy and former agent, 1926–2025
  • Noreen Evans · American lawyer and politician, born 1955

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.