Northerner or from the north
Originally an English and French surname, Norris was used to identify people who came from the north or lived in the northern part of a town. It may also derive from the Old French word 'norrice', meaning a nurse or foster parent.
Less common today
Norris isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,336 in 1990.
Co-founder of the Guinness World Records
Two-time NBA champion basketball player
United States Senator from New Hampshire
Physicist and director of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Long-running character on the British soap opera Coronation Street · Coronation Street
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
