Norman Names for Boys

There are 58 Norman names for baby boys. Displayed on this page are Norman names 1 to 20. Daniel was the most popular among these names in 2007 with a rank of #5 and a usage of 0.9113%. The name is primarily used in Czech, English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish, and it was followed in popularity by the English and Irish Brian, the English and Polish Edward, the English, French, and German Edgar, the English Avery, the English and German Calvin, Dustin, the English Brett, the English and Irish Desmond, the English and Scottish Bruce, the English Alvin, the Dutch, English, French, German, Polish, and Scandinavian Alfred, and the English and French name, Bernard. The unusual Norman names are Norman (English, German, and Scottish), Aubrey (English), Baldwin (English and German), Bertram (English and German), Courtney (German), Darcy (English), and Daryl (English).

Norman names are very popular baby names for boys. At the height of their usage in 1925, 17.453% of baby boys were given Norman names. There were 39 Norman names ranked within the top 1000 baby names then. Norman names have since experienced a decline in frequency, but are nonetheless used on a very heavy scale now. In 2007, 35 Norman names listed among the top 1000, with a combined usage of 5.842%. Within all Norman names, the Dutch, English, and Scandinavian Jacob was the most commonly used, with a ranking of #1 and a usage of 1.0955%.

NAME MATCH:

Norman ... Northman, Norseman, ...The boy name Norman is pronounced as NAORMahN ...

DESCRIPTION MATCH:

Alfred 742 ... inspired advice; old ... common before the Norman conquest, and was borne ...

Alvin 513 ... elf friend; noble friend ... or Alewyn after the Norman conquest ...

Aubrey ... elf ruler, supernaturally ... a direct revival of the Norman name ...

Avery 221 ... inspired advice; old ... itself from the Norman pronunciation of ...

Baldwin ... bold friend, brave friend ... a direct revival of the Norman personal name ...

Bernard 943 ... brave as a bear ... it was the Norman name, derived via French ...

Bertram ... bright raven, wise person ... speakers during the Norman Conquest, and was ...

Brett 332 ... breton ... England after the Norman Conquest and settled in ...

Brian 81 ... strength, power, force ... in the wake of the Norman conquest ...

Bruce 438 ... name is derived from a Norman French baronial name, ... Bruces, an influential Norman family in Scotland ...

Calvin 230 ... little bald one ... a diminutive of the Norman and Picard 'calve', ...

Courtney ... short nose; domain of Curtius; domain of the short one ... could also be from the Norman French village name ...

Daniel 5 ... God is my judge, God ... speakers prior to the Norman Conquest. ...

Darcy ... from Arcy ... into Britain during the Norman Conquest; Arcy is a ...

Daryl ... from Airelle ... given name is from a Norman-French surname ...

Desmond 427 ... from south Munster ... influenced by the Norman name Esmond ...

Dustin 271 ... Thor's stone ... have developed as a Norman form of the Old Norse ...

Edgar 167 ... owner of many spears ... name survived the Norman conquest and it saw a ...

Edward 145 ... guardian of riches ... name survived the Norman Conquest and was later ...