as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, which is derived from Norman French norreis (in which the stem is the Germanic element nord ‘north’), originally a local designation for someone who had migrated from the north.
| 1,779th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 12,775
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Norris per capita
- 1924
- marked the height of its popularity
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100%
62%
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55+
31%
30-54
30-54
5%
13-29
13-29
2%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
