Narissa

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Narissa by the numbers

Narissa was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 28 babies in 2003, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Narissa

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Narissa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Nerissafrom the sea; from nereus the sea god15 in the US (2017)
  • Naissa5 in the US (2017)
  • Nafisaprecious, valuable, exquisite16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Naisha46 in the US (2017)
  • Nariya17 in the US (2017)
  • Nissa14 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Narissa

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