Norris

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Old French.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
  5. An unincorporated community in Henry County, Missouri.
  6. An abandoned village in Cedar County, Nebraska.
  7. A town in Pickens County, South Carolina.
  8. A city in Anderson County, Tennessee.

Pronunciation

/ˈnɔɹɪs/ /ˈnɑɹɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Norris.wav

Word forms

Norris

Etymology

An Anglo-Norman surname, from Old French norreis (“a northerner, a migrant from the north”). More at French norois.

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