Given name & surname

Norlin

Norlin is a surname from Swedish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Norlin comes from Swedish.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Swedish Norlin.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Norlin through the years

Babies since 1880
15
15 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1935
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19350.0
Norlin in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1935–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1957. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 611 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.

Norlin’s family of names

Norlin may belong to the same name family as NORLLIN. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Norlin’s family in the name graph

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The ring: nicknames and forms.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Sibling ideas

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