Norris

Where Norris comes from

An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.
— Wiktionary's entry for Norris
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #526 among boys — 12 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1909
    Norris Bradbury born
    American physicist
  3. 1924
    Peak, #330
    308 babies named Norris — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #617.
  5. 1988
    Norris Cole born
    American basketball player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Norris Cole · American basketball player, born 1988
  • Norris Bradbury · American physicist, 1909–1997
  • Norris Graham · American rower, 1906–1980
  • Norris Bowden · Canadian figure skater, 1926–1991
  • Norris Cotton · American politician, 1900–1989

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.