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Help[Opinions] Thank you but why Norah then?
in reply to a message by MariaNikolaievnaRomanova
Your explanation is interesting, but I am quite certain that Norah is not a biblical or Hebrew name. So why this extra H there?
My guess is that parents think they make the simple Nora more classy and beautiful by adding an extra H. I think the opposite.
I wonder if we will see Larah, Laurah and Tarah too? As I am certain most people have no idea why Sarah, Hannah, Leah, Susannah etc have the H at end.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
My guess is that parents think they make the simple Nora more classy and beautiful by adding an extra H. I think the opposite.
I wonder if we will see Larah, Laurah and Tarah too? As I am certain most people have no idea why Sarah, Hannah, Leah, Susannah etc have the H at end.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, GardenParty
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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That, I can't answer. :) I suppose random 'H's are added to names that don't have an etymological history of using one because parents think it's trendy, makes it unique, makes it longer or makes it somehow more attractive. It's kind of like the aggravating trend of using a 'Y' in lieu of vowels.
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