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Norman
Say it: NOR-mun
Meaning
Germanic 'north man', originally a name for Scandinavians and later for the people of Normandy.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found as a personal name before 1066 and popular again in the early 20th century.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1930s
In the United States
- 253,943 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1931, about 1 in 192 boys
- 174 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| German | Normann |
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Famous bearers
- Norman Mailer, novelist
- Norman Rockwell, painter
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Where this comes from
- The Domesday Book (1086) source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.