Nore Family History

Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named from Old Norse nór ‘narrows’ (see Nohr) or in Nordfjord a compound of nór + á ‘small river’. English (Derbyshire): habitational name from any of numerous places with names derived from Old English ōra ōfer ‘bank ridge shore’ (with N- arising through misdivision of the Middle English prepositional phrase atten ore atte nore ‘at the bank’) such as Nore Hill in Patshull Staffordshire, Nore Hill in Eartham Sussex, Nower Wood in Headley and Nore Farm in Bramley both Surrey and Nower Hill in Pinner Middlesex.

This surname is now rare in Britain. Compare Noar.