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 [ 2 syll. nor-ris, no-rr-is ] The boy name Norris is pronounced as NAORIHS KEY. Norris is primarily used in English and it is of Germanic origin. Norris' meaning is Northman, Norseman, Norman, Viking, northerner. The first name is derived from the English surname, which is itself from the first name Norman. As a first name, it was popular during the 19th century but it has since fallen into disuse. The English Norice, the English Noris, the English Norreys, the English and Scottish Norrie, the English Norriss, and the English Norry are variations of the name. See also the related form, the English, German, and Scottish Norman. Norris is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1924, 0.026% of baby boys were named Norris. It ranked at #331 then. The baby name has since markedly dropped in popularity, and is now used on an infrequent scale. Out of all boy names in its group, Norris was nevertheless the most commonly used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Norris include the English Noris, the Catalan Narcis, the French Narcisse, the Polish Narcyz, the Indian Naresh, the German Narziss, the English Norice, the English Norreys, the English Norriss, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Narciso, the English Narcissus, the English and German Nereus, and the Japanese Noriyuki. A famous person named Norris is Author, Norris McWhirter, born Norris Dewar McWhirter, 12 August 1925 - 19 April 2004, Winchmore Hill, London, England. KEY: Pronunciation for Norris: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"   |
