# Norma

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,906

## Definitions
1. A female given name originating as a coinage.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **NRA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-nra)
- **nova** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-nova)
- **north** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-north)
- **Norse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-norse)
- **normal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-normal)
- **Norway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-norway)
- **Norman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norma-vs-norman)
- **nor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nor-vs-norma)
- **nom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nom-vs-norma)
- **Noa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noa-vs-norma)
- **norm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/norm-vs-norma)
- **Nora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nora-vs-norma)
- **NOAA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noaa-vs-norma)
- **Nord** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nord-vs-norma)
- **NOLA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nola-vs-norma)
- **Nara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nara-vs-norma)
- **Noam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/noam-vs-norma)
- **nome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nome-vs-norma)
- **nori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nori-vs-norma)
- **Nokia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/nokia-vs-norma)

## Common misspellings (7)
`nnorma`, `nomra`, `noram`, `normma`, `norrma`, `nroma`, `onrma`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/norma