Normand

Where Normand comes from

Normand hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1906
    Normand Lockwood born
    American classical composer
  2. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,387 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1929
    Peak, #387
    223 babies named Normand — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1940
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #616.
  5. 1956
    Normand Corbeil born
    Canadian composer
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Normand Corbeil · Canadian composer, 1956–2013
  • Normand Lockwood · American classical composer, 1906–2002
  • Normand D'Amour · Canadian actor, born 1962
  • Normand Rochefort · Canadian ice hockey defenceman, born 1961
  • Normand Brathwaite · Canadian actor, born 1958

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.