Meaning of the nameNarcisa

Female
Greek origin
Nar-ci-sa

Narcisa is a feminine name of Greek origin, the feminine form of Narciso, whose Greek root has an uncertain meaning.

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,050 people named Narcisa, the 5,027th most common name in Brazil. Their median age is 65, and the largest group was born in the 1950s. Proportionally, it is most common in Bahia.

Meaning

The meaning of Narcisa is not known for certain. The sources consulted give no settled meaning for it, so we give none; below are the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

People (2022): 2,050
Rank in Brazil: #5,027
Median age: 65 years
2010 Census: 2,752; people

Narcisa in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Narcisa, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (464 people).

2,033 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Narcisa is most common

States with the highest share of people named Narcisa in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Bahia 0.002%
São Paulo 0.001%
Ceará 0.001%
Minas Gerais 0.001%
Rio de Janeiro 0.001%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	505	0.001%
Bahia	261	0.002%
Minas Gerais	204	0.001%
Rio de Janeiro	128	0.001%
Ceará	101	0.001%
Pernambuco	98	0.001%
Paraná	89	0.001%
Goiás	88	0.001%
Mato Grosso do Sul	84	0.003%
Pará	56	0.001%
Paraíba	54	0.001%
Mato Grosso	43	0.001%
Piauí	39	0.001%
Rio Grande do Sul	38	0.000%
Amazonas	38	0.001%
Santa Catarina	37	0.001%
Maranhão	35	0.001%
Distrito Federal	32	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	27	0.001%
Tocantins	22	0.002%
Espírito Santo	16	0.000%
Alagoas	15	0.001%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Narcisa

Behind the Name records Narcisa as the feminine form of Narcissus, used in Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish and, rarely, Italian. Narcissus is the Latinized form of the Greek Narkissos, the name of the youth in mythology who turned into the narcissus flower; the same site says Narkissos possibly comes from narke, 'sleep, numbness', which leaves the root without a certain meaning. Wiktionary records Narciso in Portuguese as the name of the mythological figure and as a male name. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 2,050 people named Narcisa, with a median age of 65.

Sources

Behind the Name: Narcisa · behindthename.com · origin
Behind the Name: Narcissus · behindthename.com · origin
Wiktionary: Narciso · en.wiktionary.org · origin

Questions about the name Narcisa

What does the name Narcisa mean?

The meaning of Narcisa is not known for certain: the sources consulted give no settled meaning for it. So we give none; the page shows the origin of the spelling and the official figures.

How many people are named Narcisa in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,050 people with the first name Narcisa, which ranks it number 5,027 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

Is Narcisa a boy's or a girl's name?

Narcisa is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,033 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Narcisa?

Narcisa is a name of Greek origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Narcisa most common?

Proportionally, in Bahia: 0.002% of the state's population is named Narcisa (261 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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