Given name & surname
Norberto
“one who shines from the north”
Norberto is a variant of Norbert. One English interpretation is “one who shines from the north.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Norberto is a variant of Norbert. One English interpretation is “one who shines from the north.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Norberto is a variant of Norbert. An origin associated with Norbert is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Norberto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,924
- 4,924 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #5,540 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −12%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,540 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 11.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 103 in 1981. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 10,382 as a first name in 2020; 485 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Norberto’s family of names
Norberto has a related form in Norbert. In Portuguese usage, Norberto has a conventional equivalent in the Slovak form Norbert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Norberto has relatives in 7 languages.
1 related names in 7 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Norberto
- NetoBrazilian association football playerborn 1989
- Norberto BobbioItalian legal scholar (1909–2004)
- Norberto AlonsoArgentine association football playerborn 1953
- Norberto Rivera CarreraMexican Catholic cardinalborn 1942
- Norberto Fontanaracecar driverborn 1975
- Norberto MenéndezArgentine footballer (1936-1994)
- Norberto BoggioArgentine footballer (1931–2021)
- Norberto HuezoSalvadoran footballer1956–2025
- Norberto ScoponiArgentine association football playerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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