Details for the forename Norman

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Norman (male)


Variants:	Tormailt (M) Tormod (M)
Diminutive(s):	Norm (M)
Pet Name(s):	Norrie (M)
Feminine form:	Mona (F) Nora (F) Norma (F) Normanna (F) Normina (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP "Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG
Notes:	English, from Old English/Old German "north-man" or "Norseman". In use in Britain before the Norman invasion of 1066; the Normans adopted it as a given name and reinforced its use. In the Scottish Highlands Norman is the Anglicized form of Tormod/Tormailt, which is from a Norse source meaning "courage of (the god) Thor".