Normand
Old Norse · Boy · 2 syllables
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About the name Normand
Normand derives from the Old Norse "Northman" (Norðmaðr), literally meaning "man from the north," referring to Viking settlers who invaded and settled in what became Normandy in northern France during the 9th-10th centuries.
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Etymology
Normand derives from the Old Norse "Northman" (Norðmaðr), literally meaning "man from the north," referring to Viking settlers who invaded and settled in what became Normandy in northern France during the 9th-10th centuries. The name is primarily used in French and French-Canadian cultures with no specific religious association, though it gained historical prominence through Norman nobility and their conquest of England in 1066.
Normand currently ranks #10,174 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1929.
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