Given name & surname
Noris
“a man from the north”
Noris is a variant of Norris. One English interpretation is “a man from the north.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Noris is a variant of Norris. One English interpretation is “a man from the north.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Noris is a variant of Norris. An origin associated with Norris is Norman French.
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. Noris is a variant of Norris. The history of Norris gives this family its wider story. Norris’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Noris through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 78 boys · 48 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 9 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 6 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,562 as a first name in 2020; 489 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.
Noris’s family of names
Noris has a related form in Norris. In English usage, Noris as a surname has a related form in Norris. In Greek usage, Noris as a surname is a transliteration of Νόρις.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Noris
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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