Given name
Norm
“a man from the north”
Norm is a variant of Norman. One English interpretation is “a man from the north.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Norm is a variant of Norman. One English interpretation is “a man from the north.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Norm is a variant of Norman. An origin associated with Norman is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Norm is a diminutive of Norman.
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
Norm through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 562
- 562 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1958
- 34 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 8 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1958. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,533 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.
Norm’s family of names
In English usage, Norm is a diminutive of Norman. Norm has a related form in Norman.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 Norm
- Norm MacdonaldCanadian comedian (1959–2021)
- Norm ColemanAmerican politicianborn 1949
- Norm NixonAmerican basketball player (born 1955)
- Norm Van LierAmerican basketball player (1947–2009)
- Norm DicksUnited States Representativeborn 1940
- Norm LewisAmerican actorborn 1963
- Norm MaracleCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1974
- Norm BakerCanadian basketball player1923–1989
- Norm UllmanCanadian ice hockey playerborn 1935
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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