Norrie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOR-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Norrie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “northman”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Norrie mean?
Germanic: Scottish pet form of Norman
“northman”
A traditional Scottish pet form of Norman.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Norrie a girl's or a boy's name?
Norrie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 4 boys in the UK.
How popular is Norrie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Norrie, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. 3 girls were also named Norrie in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Norrie of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Among boys in 2025, it was 647th in Scotland.
Norrie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #5,736 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
Names like Norrie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronan, Finn, Rowan, Reggie, Brody, Ronnie, Albie, Rory, Conan, Freddie, Kyrie, Nolan
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Ella, Harry, Millie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice, Myles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Norrie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/norrie, updated 20 October 2026.