MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Nargis mean?
Nargis comes from the Persian name of the narcissus flower. Persian and Urdu poetry often use the flower as an image of beautiful eyes.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
नरगिस
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
नर्गिस
7,116 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
Devanagari
नरगीस
6,796 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Nargis in Indian usage
12,228 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 12,111 records (99%).
- Recorded as male: 117 records (1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 321 |
| 1960s | 1,178 |
| 1970s | 2,350 |
| 1980s | 4,117 |
| 1990s | 4,090 |
| Other decades | 172 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 4,005 |
| Bihar | 3,499 |
| Delhi | 1,588 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 1,174 |
| Jharkhand | 387 |
| Rajasthan | 369 |
| Maharashtra | 318 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 289 |
| Uttarakhand | 281 |
| Other states | 318 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Wiktionary: नरगिस ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Behind the Name: Nargis ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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- Wiktionary: nargis ↗ (opens in a new tab)
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