as a Last Name
- 97,233
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Norris
Meaning & Origins
English, Scottish, and Irish: 1. regional name for someone who had migrated from the North (i.e. further north in England, or from Scotland or Scandinavia), from Old French nor(r)eis ‘northerner’. 2. topographic name for someone who lived in a house on the north side of a settlement or estate, from Middle English north ‘north’ + hous ‘house’. 3. occupational name for a wet-nurse or foster mother, from Old French nurice, norrice (Latin nutrix, genitive nutricis).
| 312th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 97,233
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Norris per capita
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