regional name for someone who had
migrated from the North (i.e. further north in England, or from
Scotland or Scandinavia), from Old French nor(r)eis
‘northerner’.topographic name for someone who lived in a house on
the north side of a settlement or estate, from Middle English
north ‘north’ + hous ‘house’.occupational name for
a wet-nurse or foster mother, from Old French nurice,
norrice (Latin nutrix, genitive nutricis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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