Given name
Norberta
“one who shines from the north”
Norberta is a form of Norbert. One English interpretation is “one who shines from the north.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Norberta is a form of Norbert. One English interpretation is “one who shines from the north.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Norberta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 256
- 0 boys · 256 girls
- Most popular year
- 1932
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1932. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 919 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Norberta’s family of names
In Slovak usage, Norberta has a related form in Nora. In Slovak usage, Norberta has a related form in Berta. Norberta is a form of Norbert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Norberta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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