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Across the world, Norse (Norse , Norsk ) is a rare unisex first name. The given name Norse is habitual in Israel, where it is quite a rare primarily girly, but scarcely masculine name, Philippines, where it is a very rare mostly female, but seldom masculine name, and the United States, where it is an extremely rare predominantly boy's, but very seldom girly name. Likewise, Norse is the last name as well as the forename.
Norse is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Norse Herald/Litolf/Keeper of the Loom , the operatic character in the opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus by Peter Maxwell Davies.