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Norman

Pronounced /ˈnɔɹmən/

Rank in 2024
#1,312
Born in 2024
148
Peak year
1928 · #39
Origin
Old English
Also recorded for girls:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 148 boys were named Norman, about 1 in every 11,590.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 5,590 babies, ranked #39.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 252,984 boys have been named Norman since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Norman per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 4.0
    Greatest
  2. 4.2
    Silent
  3. 1.7
    Boomers
  4. 0.8
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 66,512 babies, 3.98 per 1,000. Silent: 86,765 babies, 4.20 per 1,000. Boomers: 62,792 babies, 1.67 per 1,000. Gen X: 20,453 babies, 0.75 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,761 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,311 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,948 babies, 0.09 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Norman, from Old English Norman (a variant of Norþman) and Old French Normant. It is certain that the word is derived from the base of the Germanic words for north and the Germanic base of the words for man. However, given the frequent movement of Germanic groups especially into and out of Britain in the post-classical world, it is unclear in what tongue it came to be used first.

  • A male given name from Old English used in the Middle Ages and revived in the 19th century.
Origin
Old English
Say it
/ˈnɔɹmən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Norman, CC BY-SA 4.0.