Norma (given name)

Norma is a female name. The name Norma was referenced around 1203, though Norma might have been created through an opera entitled Norma by Vincenzo Bellini under Felice Romani.^[1]

The female name Norma may be feminine of Norman, in which case this means "Of the North", although in Latin the word norma means patterns. The name has fluctuated regarding popularity in over 100 years; the popularity of Norma has officially gone downwards in the United States, although it's still in common usage.^[2]

Notable people named Norma

• Norma Aleandro, an Argentine actress
• Norma Jeane Mortenson (1926–1962, baptized Norma Jean Baker), the birth name of Marilyn Monroe, an American actress and model
• Norma Cole, a visual artist, translator and American poet
• Norma Egstrom, the birth name of Peggy Lee, an actress, singer and songwriter
• Norma Fox Mazer, an American author
• Norma Khouri, a Jordanian author
• Norma Klein (1938–1989), an American author
• Norma MacMillan (1921–2001), a Canadian voice actress
• Norma Major, (born 1942), wife of British Prime Minister John Major
• Norma McCorvey (born 1947), the "Jane Roe" in the "Roe v. Wade" abortion case
• Norma Nolan, a 1962 Miss Universe
• Norma Shearer, an actress
• Norma Smallwood, a Miss America for 1926
• Norma Stitz, a website entrepreneur and nude model
• Norma Talmadge, a film star of the silent era
• Norma Teagarden, a jazz pianist
• Norma Winstone, a British jazz singer and musician

Fictional characters

• Norma Desmond, in the film Sunset Boulevard
• Norma Rae Webster, heroine of the 1979 film Norma Rae
• Norma Bates, Passions character
• Norma Cenva, a character from the three prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune novels
• Norma, a minor character from Square's console role-playing game Final Fantasy Mystic Quest
• Norma Arnold, mother of Kevin Arnold in the 1988-1993 television series The Wonder Years
• Norma is a character in the novel Carrie by Stephen King and film Carrie (1976). She helps switch the prom ballots for her friend Chris Hargenson (the school bully) so that she can pull a mean trick on Carrie.
• Grammy Norma is a character in the 2012 animated movie The Lorax. The voice over was done by Betty White.^[3]

External links

• Website Behind the Name information about Norma
• Secondary Source for Norma

References

1. ↑ "Norma (girls name)". The Baby Name Wizard. Retrieved May 4, 2016. 
2. ↑ "Norma". Think Baby Names. Retrieved 2009-02-21. 
3. ↑ imdb.com