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Baby Name Norman |
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| Meaning of Norman - What does the name Norman means? |
| Pronunciation: |
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Boy Name |
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English |
| Name Meaning: |
From the Old French Normant, derived from the Frankish nortman, which is composed of the elements nort (north), and man (man): hence, "northman, Norseman." The name was originally used to identify a member of the group of Scandinavians who occupied Normandy in the 10th century and, later, the native inhabitants of Normandy. Norman has a cognate in the Germanic Nordman, a compound name composed of the elements nord (north), and man (man), and it is this form that was used in England before the Norman invasion |
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English, French, Scottish |
| Shortened forms: | Norm |
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