THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Norma
Norma is recorded as a female given name in Tagalog and Cebuano. The source gives a linguistic connection through Spanish, specifically the form Norma.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈnoɾma/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈn̪oɾ.mɐ]Standard-Tagalog
Nor · ma2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Norma.
a female given name from Spanish
CebuanoEtymology & source
Borrowed from Spanish Norma.
a female given name from Spanish
EnglishEtymology & source
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.
A female given name originating as a coinage.
SpanishEtymology & source
From norma (“rule, norm”), itself from Latin nōrma, of the same meaning.
a female given name
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
People with the name Norma
Public figures and other documented namesakes linked by an explicit given-name claim. This is a selection of records, not a popularity ranking.
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Norma Blancaflor
actor
DOCUMENTED NAMESAKE
Norma del Rosario
Filipino actress
The record establishes the name association, not the person’s intended meaning, pronunciation or ancestry. Descriptions are attributed to Wikidata contributors (CC0).
Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
20
eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗Wikidata
4
distinct person records with an explicit given-name claim
Community-edited coverage, not a census or birth registry. Examples: Norma del Rosario, Norma Blancaflor
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Norma in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Norma
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Nora♀Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Norman♂Etymology uncertain; see source accounts
- Arma·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Irma♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Lerma♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
- Marma·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Noemi♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Nokman·Recorded Philippine given-name form
What rhymes with Norma?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Norma further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wikidata given-name item Q541364 — Norma (opens in a new tab)
Given-name identity, native labels, language associations and explicit class where present; not lexical meaning or population frequency.
- Wikidata — Norma del Rosario (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q541364 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wikidata — Norma Blancaflor (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name claim P735 linking to Q541364 and citizenship claim P27 linking to Philippines Q928; community-edited evidence, not a civil-registry record.
- Wiktionary contributors — Norma (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Norma (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Norma (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Wiktionary contributors — Norma (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.