Norma

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə

Coined name of an imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma (1831). Sometimes explained as Latin norma (“pattern, model”), or as a feminine form of Norman

Norma

1. A female given name.
   • 1966 Agatha Christie, Third Girl, page 6:

     I wish I could remember that girl's Christian name. Something connected with a song...Thora? Speak to me, Thora, Thora, Thora. Something like that, or Myra? Myra, oh Myra my love is all for thee... Norma? Or do I mean Maritana? Norma - Norma Restarick. That's right, I'm sure.

• Popular in the U.S.A. in the 1930s.

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille in 1763. From Latin norma (“a carpenter's square”).

Norma

1. (astronomy) An inconspicuous constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a carpenter's square. It lies south of the constellations Scorpius and Centaurus.

• Normae

• Armon, Manor, Maron, Moran, Narom, Nor Am, Nor-Am, NorAm, Roman, manor, moran, morna, roman

From English Norma, after the imaginary Celtic priestess in Bellini's opera Norma.

Norma

1. a female given name

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Norma.

Norma f

1. A female given name

Matronymics

• son of Norma: Normuson
• daughter of Norma: Normudóttir

Borrowed from English Norma.

Norma

1. A female given name