Narcissa
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Narcissa is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von.
- USUnited States1 in 1.4M(measured from records)
- NLNetherlands1 in 1.6M
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 51 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.4M (inferred from the name graph)
241 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Narcissa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 241 | 1 in 1.4M | 240 | Narcissa | 51 |
| NL Netherlands | 11 | 1 in 1.6M | 11 | — | 1 |
| PH Philippines | — | — | — | Narcissa | 5 |
| AR Argentina | — | — | 2 | Narcissa | 7 |
| MX Mexico | — | — | — | Narcissa | 6 |
| NI Nicaragua | — | — | — | Narcissa | 4 |
| PA Panama | — | — | — | Narcissa | 3 |
| GT Guatemala | — | — | — | Narcissa | 1 |
241 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Narcissa Whitmanb. 1808USAmerican missionary (1808–1847)
- Mary N. Oliveb. 1821USnot in their usual namewife of Archibald Olive (1821–1893)
- Narcissa Chisholm Owenb. 1831USAmerican educator, memoisit and artist (1831–1911)
- Narcissa Niblack Thorneb. 1882USAmerican miniaturist (1882-1966)
- Narcissa Wrightb. 1989USAmerican speedrunner
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Narcissa mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., weibliche Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- What are other forms of the name Narcissa?
- In the etymology graph, Narcisa, Nargiza and Nergis are forms of the same name in other languages.
- Is Narcissa a male or female name?
- Narcissa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Narcissa have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 241 people named Narcissa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled narcissa.
- Where is Narcissa most common?
- Narcissa is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.4 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Narcissa?
- In the United States, the national register counted 241 people named Narcissa in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 million residents.
What do you want to know about Narcissa?
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/narcissaThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Narcissa”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.