Norman name - Meaning of Norman
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- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 3
- Usage
- English, Ancient Germanic, Gaelic
- Pronounced
- NAWR-mən (English)
- Norman Meaning
- From an old Germanic byname meaning "northman", referring to a Viking. The Normans were Vikings who settled on the coast of France, in the region that became known as Normandy. In England the name Norman or Normant was used before the Norman conquest, first as a nickname for Scandinavian settlers and later as a given name. After the Conquest it became more common, but died out around the 14th century. It was revived in the 19th century, perhaps in part due to a character by this name in C. M. Yonge's novel 'The Daisy Chain' (1856). The name Norman is derived from the Old Germanic words "nord", which means "North", and "man", which means "man".
Norman Related Names
Diminutive: Norm (English)
Feminine Forms: Norma, Normina (English)
Norman Celebrities
Norman Poile - hockey player, Norman Black - basketball player, Norman Fell - actor, Norman Hand - football player, Norman Lloyd - actor, Norman Mailer - author, Norman Reedus - actor,
