Norman (name)
Norman is both a surname and a given name. The surname has multiple origins including English, Irish (in Ulster), Scottish, German, French, Norwegian, Ashkenazi Jewish, and Jewish American. The given name Norman is mostly of English origin, though in some cases it can be an Anglicised form of a Scottish Gaelic personal name. Etymology. Surname. There are several different origins of the surname "Norman". Given name. "Norman" as a given name is of mostly English origin. It is a Germanic name and is composed of the elements "nord" ("north") + "man" ("man"). The name can be found in  England before the Norman Invasion of 1066, but gained popularity by its use by Norman settlers in England after the invasion. In Norway, the demonym of its people in Norwegian are Nordmann (pronounce "Normann"), and has the exactly same meaning as the name origin of the Normans. In the Scottish Highlands, "Norman" is sometimes used as an Anglicised form of the Norwegian and Scottish Gaelic "Tormod" (derived from the Norse "Þórmóðr"). A pet form of the Scottish given name is "Norrie". There are several Scottish feminine forms of the given name "Norman". These include: "Normanna", "Normina", "Norma", "Nora", and "Mona . In England, the use of Norman" as a given name is dying out. For example, in 2005 only two newborn boys were given the name; one in Shropshire and another in Tyne and Wear. Distribution. England, Wales and the Isle of Man. "Norman" is ranked as the 273rd most common surname in the 1999–2001 National Health Service Central Register of England, Wales and the Isle of Man (the register utilises birth and death registers from 1999 to 2001). Ireland. The surname "Norman" is of English origin, having arrived in the province of Ulster in the 17th century during the plantation  era (See Plantation of Ulster and Plantations of Ireland). The surname is most common in Dublin, Belfast and Cork. Below is a table of "Norman" households recorded in the Primary Valuation (Griffith's valuation) property survey of 1848–64.