Norman is a boy's name of Irish and Celtic origin meaning “northerner.” In 2024 it was given to 148 boys in the United States.
Norman at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Irish & Celtic
Meaning
“northerner”
Pronunciation
/ˈnɔɹmən/
About the name Norman
Norman belongs to the Irish & Celtic tradition. Its meaning — “northerner” — is the sense carried by its Irish and Celtic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Norman first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #36 in 1931, and in 2024 148 babies received the name — 252,984 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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