Given name & surname
Norval
“from the northern valley”
Norval is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “from the northern valley.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “from the northern valley.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Norval through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,377
- 2,377 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 84 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 9 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 84 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 776 as a first name in 2020; 213 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.
Norval’s family of names
Norval has a related form in Norvael. Norval has a related form in Norvaele. Norval has a related form in Norvail.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Norval
- Norval MorrisseauAnishinaabe [Sand Point, Ontario] artist (1933–2007)
- Norval MacGregorAmerican actor and film producer (1862-1933)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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