Given name & surname · also Germanic

Norri

Norri is a surname, possibly from Germanic, ultimately from Middle High German. It is used in Finnish.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Norri possibly comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Middle High German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Middle High German Norbert.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Norri through the years

Babies since 1880
27
0 boys · 27 girls
Most popular year
2021
6 babies
2025
6
#14,463 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
—
Too few births to compare
012341960198020002025Highest share 20253.7
Norri in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1959–2025, per million girls 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

In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,463 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Norri’s family of names

Norri has a related form in Nora. In Finnish usage, Norri as a surname has a related form in Nurro. In Greek usage, Norri as a surname is a transliteration of Νόρρη.

Walk Norri’s family in the name graph

NorriΝόρρηNoraNurro

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

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

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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German

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Lorelai

Lorelai is a feminine given name from German.

64FamiliarRising

>99% girls

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“murmuring rock or lurking rock”

61FamiliarSteady

>99% girls

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Marlenne

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0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

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