Noris

Where Noris comes from

from Old French norreis (“a northerner”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Noris
  • From a surname
Noris through the years
  1. 1921
    First appearance
    #3,214 among boys with 8 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1933
    Peak, #2,738
    8 babies named Noris, its best rank.
  3. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1990
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Noris hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.