Given name & surname
Narciso
Narciso is a masculine given name. It is used in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Narciso is a variant of Narcissus. Narcissus has been associated with Greek and English naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1893. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Narciso is a variant of Narcissus. The history of Narcissus gives this family its wider story. Narcissus’s Christian associations include Saint Narcissus, a bishop of Jerusalem in 195.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Narciso through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,078
- 2,078 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,311 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,311 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,269 as a first name in 2020; 1,979 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Narciso’s family of names
Narciso developed from Narcissus. In Spanish usage, Narciso can be written in the Roman alphabet as นาร์ซฺีโซ. Narciso has a related form in Narcissus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Narciso
- Narciso YepesSpanish classical guitarist (1927–1997)
- Narciso CamperoPresident of Bolivia (1813-1896)
- Chicho Ibáñez Serradorfilmmaker (1935-2019)
- Narciso MinaEcuadorian footballerborn 1982
- Narciso LópezMexican footballer (1928-1988)
- Narciso Heredia, Count of OfaliaPrime Minister of Spain (1775-1847)
- Narciso LópezVenezuelan adventurer (1797-1851)
- Narciso RodriguezAmerican Fashion Designerborn 1961
- Narciso Orellanaassociation football playerborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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