| N. | Nationalist; Norse; North. |
| n. | Name; natus (Latin), born; nephew or niece; neuter; noon; noun. |
| n/a | No account; no advice. |
| Nan. | Book of Nahum. |
| Nat. | Natal (Province); national; Nationalist; natural. |
| N.B. | New Brunswick; North Britain (Scotland) (obsolete term); nota bene (Latin), note well. |
| n.b. | No ball(-s) (cricket). |
| N.C. | North Carolina. |
| n.d. | No date. |
| N. D(ak). | North Dakota. |
| N.D.C. | National Defence Contribution. |
| N.D.L. | Norddeutscher Lloyd (German shipping company). |
| N.E. | New edition; New England; no effects; North-East. |
| Neb. | Nebraska. |
| N.E.D. | New English Dictionary. |
| neg. | Negative(-ly). |
| Neb. | Book of Nehemiah. |
| N.E.I. | Netherlands East Indies. |
| n.e.i. | Non est inventus (Latin), it has not been found; not elsewhere indicated. |
| nem. con. | Nemine contradicente (Latin), nobody opposing. |
| nem. dis. | Nemine dissentiente (Latin), nobody dissenting. |
| Nev. | Nevada. |
| N.F. | Newfoundland; Norman French. |
| N.G. | New Guinea; no good. |
| N.Gr. | New Greek. |
| N.H. | New Hampshire. |
| N.H.I. | National health insurance. |
| N.H.R. | National Hunt rules. |
| N.I. | Northern Ireland. |
| ni. pri. | Nisi prius (Latin) unless formerly. |
| N.I.R.A. | National Industria Recovery Act. |
| N.J. | New Jersey. |
| N.M. | Nautical mile(-s); New Mexico. |
| N.N.E. | North-North-East. |
| N.N.W. | North-North-West. |
| N.O. | Natural order (botany). |
| no(-s). | Numero(-s) (French). number(-s). |
| n.o. | Not out (cricket). |
| nom. | Nominal(-ly); nominative. |
| non. | Nonagon(-al). |
| non obst. | Non obstante (Latin), notwithstanding. |
| non pros. | Non prosequitur (Latin), he does not prosecute. |
| non seq. | Non sequitur (Latin), it does not follow. |
| Norf. | Norfolk. |
| Northants. | Northamptonshire. |
| Norvic | Norvicensis (Latin), of Norwich (Bp.'s signature). |
| Notts. | Nottinghamshire. |
| Nov. | November. |
| N.P. | National Provincial Bank; notary public. |
| n.p. | Net personalty; new paragraph; no place of publication given. |
| N.P.F. | Newspaper Press Fund. |
| n.p. or d. | No place or date. |
| N.P.L. | National Physical Laboratory. |
| n.p.v. | No par value. |
| N.R. | North Riding. |
| nr. | Near. |
| N.R.A. | National Recovery Administration. |
| N.S. | New style (chronology); not on Saturdays; Nova Scotia. |
| n.s. | Not specified. |
| N.S.W. | New South Wales. |
| N.T. | New Testament; new translation; North Territory (Australia); no trumps. |
| n.u. | Name unknown. |
| Num., Numb. | Book of Numbers. |
| N.V. | New version; Novissima verba (Latin), latest information. |
| N.W. | North-West. |
| N.W.F.P. | North-West Frontier Province. |
| N.W.I. | Netherlands West Indies. |
| N.W.M.P. | North-West Mounted Police. |
| N.W.P. | North-West Provinces. |
| N.W.T. | North-West Territories. |
| N.Y. | New York (State). |
| N.Y.C. | New York City. |
| n.y.d. | Not yet diagnosed. |
| N.Y.K. | Nippon Yusen Kalsha (Japan Mail Steamship Company). |
| n.y.p. | Not yet published. |
| N.Z. | New Zealand. |