Norman Family Crest, Coat of Arms & Norman Name Origin

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Origin of the Name Norman

The ancient history of the name Norman was found in the allfamilycrests.com archives. include Normand and Normanby. Meaning 'the Norman', this is a locational name from someone who came from the North. It can often refer to Viking invaders who were typically called 'men from the North'. This name is of Anglo-Norman descent spreading to Ireland , Scotland and Wales in early times and is found in many mediaeval manuscripts in these countries. Examples of such are a Mathew le Norman, Oxford, who was recorded in the 'Hundred Rolls', England , in the year 1273 and a Lucas Normanus, County Devonshire, who was recorded in the same document in the thirteenth century. In Ireland the name Norman and its variants are today mostly associated with County Dublin although they were introduced into Ulster Province, and County Derry in particular, by settlers who arrived from England and Scotland , especially during the seventeenth century. In the midland Counties there are some occasional references to the name Norman as early as the thirteenth century.