Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Norio isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
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
Norio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19
- 19 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 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.
Norio’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Norio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of のりお. In Japanese usage, Norio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 典夫. In Japanese usage, Norio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 典生.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 10
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 哲生original script · Japanese
- 典夫original script · Japanese
- 悳夫original script · Japanese
- 法夫original script · Japanese
- 規夫original script · Japanese
- 宣雄original script · Japanese
- 則紀original script · Japanese
- のりおoriginal script · Japanese
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People named Norio
- Norio OmuraJapanese association football player and managerborn 1969
- Norio YoshimizuJapanese association football playerborn 1946
- Norio SasakiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1958
- Norio SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1984
- Norio TakahashiJapanese association football playerborn 1971
- Norio MurataJapanese association football playerborn 1976
- Norio OhgaJapanese businessman (1930–2011)
- Norio WakamotoJapanese actor, voice actor and narratorborn 1945
- Norio SakuraiJapanese manga artistborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Norio, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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