Norma Forename
291st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,101,190 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Norma Forename Definition:
A female name. the modern use of this name (which is not common) seems to date from Bellini’s opera Norma (1831), but one instance of it is recorded in 1203 (Curia Regis Rolls). The etymology is obscure, though it may be Latin norma ‘rule’, ‘precept’, ‘pattern’.
Read More About This ForenameNorma Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 100% | 454,365 | 1:273 | 44 |
| United States | 100% | 389,352 | 1:931 | 195 |
| Argentina | 100% | 346,435 | 1:123 | 16 |
| Philippines | 99% | 187,320 | 1:566 | 76 |
| Peru | 100% | 78,737 | 1:404 | 60 |
| Ecuador | - | 55,924 | 1:317 | 55 |
| Brazil | 100% | 53,015 | 1:4,041 | 566 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 50,532 | 1:5,105 | 610 |
| Cuba | - | 43,068 | 1:267 | 64 |
| Honduras | 100% | 42,067 | 1:210 | 22 |
| Guatemala | 99% | 38,626 | 1:417 | 78 |
| Chile | 100% | 38,291 | 1:460 | 102 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 33,556 | 1:216 | 25 |
| Colombia | 100% | 32,670 | 1:1,462 | 217 |
| England | 100% | 31,642 | 1:1,757 | 315 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 24,419 | 1:1,237 | 193 |
| El Salvador | - | 22,258 | 1:285 | 43 |
| Canada | 100% | 20,878 | 1:1,587 | 343 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 18,793 | 1:564 | 131 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 16,400 | 1:216 | 42 |
| Italy | 100% | 12,377 | 1:4,934 | 451 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 12,364 | 1:487 | 75 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 11,057 | 1:2,754 | 266 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 9,317 | 1:368 | 84 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,480 | 1:340 | 49 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 8,247 | 1:1,265 | 202 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 6,002 | 1:794 | 171 |
| South Africa | 100% | 5,822 | 1:9,367 | 1,625 |
| Scotland | 100% | 5,062 | 1:1,057 | 201 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4,808 | 1:1,170 | 250 |
| Panama | 100% | 3,920 | 1:997 | 170 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,234 | 1:14,388 | 947 |
| Australia | - | 2,886 | 1:4,732 | 636 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,633 | 1:36,718 | 1,246 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,780 | 1:1,738 | 340 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,696 | 1:2,675 | 474 |
| Egypt | 100% | 1,345 | 1:68,328 | 3,544 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 1,342 | 1:11,493 | 1,485 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,312 | 1:1,405 | 264 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1,308 | 1:3,550 | 413 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,066 | 1:15,856 | 1,662 |
| Barbados | - | 834 | 1:347 | 73 |
| Guyana | 100% | 821 | 1:930 | 129 |
| Papua New Guinea | 86% | 700 | 1:11,646 | 1,182 |
| Belize | 100% | 696 | 1:509 | 57 |
| Denmark | - | 691 | 1:8,176 | 754 |
| France | 100% | 688 | 1:96,614 | 2,150 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 680 | 1:2,002 | 396 |
| Belgium | 100% | 595 | 1:19,311 | 1,514 |
| Bahamas | - | 537 | 1:744 | 187 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 518 | 1:62,980 | 2,754 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 489 | 1:16,797 | 1,292 |
| Sweden | 100% | 483 | 1:20,410 | 1,422 |
| Jordan | 100% | 470 | 1:18,780 | 1,030 |
| India | 100% | 446 | 1:2,723,942 | 128,205 |
| Malawi | 100% | 402 | 1:42,568 | 2,981 |
| Guam | - | 356 | 1:451 | 71 |
| Norway | 100% | 350 | 1:14,664 | 1,034 |
| Suriname | 100% | 329 | 1:1,680 | 382 |
| Portugal | - | 323 | 1:32,232 | 1,307 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 314 | 1:496 | 144 |
| Saint Martin | - | 307 | 1:116 | 41 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 295 | 1:80,575 | 10,341 |
| Thailand | 100% | 275 | 1:254,785 | 15,349 |
| Syria | - | 238 | 1:81,118 | 1,789 |
| Aruba | - | 234 | 1:444 | 44 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Palestine | 100% | 207 | 1:21,981 | 1,108 |
| Poland | 68% | 188 | 1:202,272 | 3,614 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 179 | 1:613 | 100 |
| Morocco | - | 164 | 1:209,443 | 5,367 |
| Haiti | 100% | 151 | 1:71,039 | 4,371 |
| Croatia | 100% | 150 | 1:28,114 | 1,284 |
| Botswana | 100% | 142 | 1:15,383 | 1,984 |
| DR Congo | 53% | 123 | 1:600,224 | 20,154 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 120 | 1:828 | 146 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 116 | 1:186,297 | 8,080 |
| Austria | 100% | 112 | 1:76,020 | 1,860 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 110 | 1:1,014 | 147 |
| Dominica | - | 108 | 1:699 | 150 |
| Grenada | 100% | 106 | 1:1,020 | 199 |
| Brunei | 100% | 102 | 1:4,113 | 410 |
| Greece | 100% | 98 | 1:111,577 | 2,871 |
| Russia | 78% | 97 | 1:1,486,945 | 11,100 |
| Guernsey | - | 94 | 1:674 | 161 |
| Nigeria | 54% | 94 | 1:1,888,983 | 38,560 |
| French Polynesia | - | 92 | 1:3,021 | 604 |
| Micronesia | - | 88 | 1:1,210 | 182 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 84 | 1:730 | 135 |
| Finland | 90% | 82 | 1:66,868 | 1,956 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 81 | 1:651,708 | 16,500 |
| Bermuda | - | 77 | 1:842 | 177 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 77 | 1:2,309 | 428 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 74 | 1:33,226 | 1,676 |
| Zambia | - | 67 | 1:236,639 | 7,668 |
| Kuwait | - | 66 | 1:57,352 | 4,703 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 64 | 1:9,077 | 941 |
| Malta | - | 62 | 1:6,925 | 809 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 61 | 1:896 | 182 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 60 | 1:14,518 | 1,088 |
| Jersey | - | 60 | 1:1,666 | 334 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 56 | 1:3,470,673 | 38,610 |
| China | - | 52 | 1:26,270,304 | 60,770 |
| Japan | - | 52 | 1:2,461,270 | 21,293 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 50 | 1:694 | 139 |
| Qatar | 99% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 37 | 1:1,483 | 344 |
| Iraq | 100% | 34 | 1:1,029,937 | 8,327 |
| Singapore | 100% | 28 | 1:224,538 | 8,753 |
| American Samoa | - | 20 | 1:2,792 | 500 |
| Hong Kong | - | 20 | 1:387,636 | 3,995 |
| Israel | 100% | 19 | 1:442,259 | 9,252 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 18 | 1:2,846 | 424 |
| Iceland | 75% | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 17 | 1:15,892 | 1,309 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 17 | 1:420,705 | 16,716 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Congo | 78% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| Liberia | 100% | 15 | 1:294,137 | 9,351 |
| Turkey | 100% | 15 | 1:5,186,781 | 23,029 |
| Czechia | 93% | 14 | 1:761,154 | 3,032 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Kenya | - | 14 | 1:3,307,651 | 22,394 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 12 | 1:2,604 | 555 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| San Marino | 100% | 12 | 1:2,743 | 338 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Bangladesh | - | 9 | 1:17,717,930 | 19,122 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 9 | 1:4,206 | 452 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Uganda | 100% | 9 | 1:4,550,769 | 42,499 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Namibia | - | 5 | 1:480,836 | 6,391 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Belarus | 67% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Ethiopia | - | 4 | 1:24,390,033 | 19,296 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 4 | 1:21,256 | 352 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 4 | 1:141,012 | 2,772 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 4 | 1:11,374,977 | 14,813 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 3 | 1:16,376 | 1,521 |
| Macau | - | 3 | 1:202,736 | 1,370 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Andorra | - | 2 | 1:41,444 | 944 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Ghana | - | 1 | 1:26,986,216 | 13,521 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Monaco | 100% | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Samoa | - | 1 | 1:195,190 | 1,348 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Nórma (2) & Ñorma (1) are calculated separately.
Norma (5,847) may also be a surname.
Norma Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. the modern use of this name (which is not common) seems to date from Bellini’s opera Norma (1831), but one instance of it is recorded in 1203 (Curia Regis Rolls). The etymology is obscure, though it may be Latin norma ‘rule’, ‘precept’, ‘pattern’.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Latin name, meaning: Exact to the pattern: the square. Name of a constellation, also of a classic opera.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Norma Forename Popularity
Norma Demographics
Norma Religious Adherence
in Russia
Sample size: 7 (2016)
Religious Adherence
in Russia
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Norma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Norma in the Russian language | ||
| Норма | norma | - |
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