as a First Name
Apparently invented by Felice Romani in his libretto for Bellini's opera of this name (first performed in 1832). It is identical in form with Latin norma ‘rule, standard’, but there is no evidence that this word was the source of the name. In recent times, it has come to be taken in England and the Scottish Highlands as a feminine equivalent of Norman.
| 198th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 304,512
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Texas
- has the most people named Norma per capita
- 1931
- marked the height of its popularity
99.95%
0.05%
72%
55+
55+
23%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
2%
0-12
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