Norris.
A surname from Old French.
Meaning & usage
A surname from Old French.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: An abandoned village in Cedar County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Pickens County, South Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: A city in Anderson County, Tennessee.
Where this word comes from
An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.
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