Normal: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Normal – Meaning: conforming to a rule – Origin: Latin – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: NOR-məl


Normal is a Latin unisex name meaning “conforming to a rule”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.

Meaning & Origin of Normal

Meaning: Conforming to a rule.

Origin: Latin.

Source: Wiktionary.

How to Pronounce Normal

Phonetic: NOR-məl   IPA: /ˈnɔːrməl/

Popularity of Normal

Normal doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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