Given name & surname
Narcisa
Narcisa is a feminine given name. It is used in Spanish and Romanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Narcisa is a variant of Narcissa. An origin associated with Narcissa is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Narcisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 218
- 0 boys · 218 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,186 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Narcisa’s family of names
Narcisa has a related form in Narcissa. In Spanish usage, Narcisa has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form NARCYZA. In Spanish usage, Narcisa can be written in the Roman alphabet as นาร์ซฺีซา.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Narcisa
- Narcisa de JesúsEcuadoran laywoman and santa (1832-1869)
- Narcisa LecușanuRomanian handball playerborn 1976
- Narcisa Freixascomposer (1859-1926)
- Narcisa AmáliaBrazilian writer and poet1852–1924
- Narcisa HirschGerman-born Argentine experimental filmmaker (1928–2024)
- Narcisa Pérez ReoyoSpanish writer1849–1876
- Narcisa de Leónfounder of LVN in the Philippines1877–1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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