Nori is a Japanese name that can mean "doctrine" or "rule" depending on the character used, and it is also the Japanese word for edible seaweed; in English it works as a short form of Nora, Eleanor or Honora. The name became familiar in the United States as the nickname of North West, the daughter of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, born in 2013. Nori climbed from number 1605 in 2015 into the top 1000 in 2022, peaked at number 898 in 2023 and ranks 1196 in 2025.