Narcissus

Where Narcissus comes from

Narcissus hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1638
    Narcissus Marsh born
    English clergyman
  2. 1657
    Narcissus Luttrell born
    English historian, diarist, and bibliographer
  3. 1881
    First appearance
    #623 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1886
    Peak, #606
    14 babies named Narcissus — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Narcissus Marsh · English clergyman, 1638–1713
  • Narcissus Luttrell · English historian, diarist, and bibliographer, 1657–1732

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.