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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

NormanIn Hebrew: נורמן · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Norman (Hebrew: נורמן) is a boy's name of international origin. 173 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1950, with 13 babies.

People in Israel
173
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1950
13 babies
USA, 2025
169
rank #1,196

Writing and saying Norman

In Hebrew letters the name is נורמן, read right to left. Norman is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Norman by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Norman: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Norman in English-speaking countries

Norman in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025169#1,1961928 (5,590)
United Kingdom20258#2,7422015 (16)
England and Wales20258#2,6582015 (16)
Alberta20251#2,3931980 (15)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Norman has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Norman

How do you write Norman in Hebrew?

Norman is written נורמן in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Norman?

173 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name נורמן: 16 women and 157 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Norman a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 90.8% of the people named נורמן are men.

Is Norman used outside Israel?

The name Norman appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 169 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,196), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 8 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.