在托尔金（J. R. R. Tolkien）的作品里，诺多族（Noldor）是最具智能的精灵。诺多族是精灵三族里第二大的部族，是其次抵达阿门洲（Aman）的精灵族群。传说中，诺多族是由泰太（Tata）创建的，他是第二位在库维因恩（Cuiviénen）苏醒的精灵，他的妻子叫泰妲雅（Tatanyë）。首位跟随欧罗米（Oromë）的诺多族精灵是芬威（Finwë），芬威成为诺多族君王，带领诺多族人前往维林诺。

诺多（Noldor）在昆雅语中解作「有智能的」（但这里的智能指的是拥有知识，而不是拥有睿智，听起来有点批判的味道），是指诺多族精灵的灵思巧手。他们亦称为塔特雅（Tatyar），意思是「第二」，表示是其次到达阿门洲的精灵。那时昆雅语渐渐成熟。

In the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Noldor (also spelled Ñoldor, meaning those with knowledge in Quenya) are Elves of the Second Clan who migrated to Valinor and lived in Eldamar. The Noldor are called Golodhrim or Gódhellim in Sindarin, and Goldui by Teleri of Tol Eressëa. The singular form of the Quenya noun is Noldo and the adjective is Noldorin. They were the Second Clan of the Elves in both order and size, the other clans being the Vanyar and the Teleri. Like the Teleri, they typically had grey eyes and dark hair (except for those who had Vanyarin blood, most prominently the members of the House of Finarfin).