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"precepts", "Norsewoman", "Norn" |
Norma is a female name. A single instance of the name Norma is recorded 1203, where it perhaps derives from the Latin word norma, meaning "precept". The name's general usage seems to be subsequent to the 1831 debut of Vincenzo Bellini's opera Norma whose librettist Felice Romani borrowed the name (and the plot) from the recent tragedy Norma by Alexandre Soumet. Soumet's choice of name for his title character may possibly have been influenced by the name of the Germanic mythological Norns. More recently Norma has been used as a female equivalent of the name Norman, meaning "Norseman".
The name has fluctuated in popularity over the past 100 years. It is still a very common name in the United States, but the name was most often given to babies in the 1930s, and is now seldom given.
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
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.
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