Given name
Nargis
“daffodil”
Nargis is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “daffodil.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “daffodil.”
Where it comes from
Nargis 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 1989. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nargis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 76
- 0 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 9 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 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,520 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.
Nargis’s family of names
In English usage, Nargis has a related form in NARGES. Nargis has a related form in Narcissa. In English usage, Nargis has a related form in NERGIS.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Nargis has relatives in 16 languages.
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Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nargis
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