Narcyz
From Greek, where the root carries the sense of sleep or numbness. Barely 460 Polish men use it and hardly any boys get it now, so most people will never meet one.
Narcyz Pronunciation
Narcyz is pronounced NAHR-tsihs (/ˈnart͡sɨs/).
What Narcyz means
Where Narcyz comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Narcyz comes from Greek, from the word narke, meaning numbness or a heavy, drugged sleep. The same root gave us "narcotic." Its short meaning in Polish stays close to the source: odurzający, znieczulający, something that dulls and stills the senses.
The narcissus flower took its name from that same root. Ancient writers linked the word to the sleep-inducing scent of the blossom. The myth of the beautiful youth attached itself to the name later, and today most people hear the flower or the vain boy first. The older sense sits underneath: sleep, numbness.
Narcyz has a cross-gender partner, Narcyza, the form given to girls. It also has a saint behind it. Narcyz of Jerusalem was an early bishop, born around the year 100, and his feast falls on 29 October, though many mark it on the 31st. That is when a Narcyz keeps his imieniny.
Read the name off a school register. It stands apart. Short, Greek, older than the flower it named: Narcyz.
When Narcyz celebrates name day
Narcyz appears 6 times in the Polish name day calendar, 1 of them as a main name, the first on 29 October.
The days Polish calendars list this name on. By custom you celebrate one of them, usually the first after your birthday.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Narcyz
1 in 46405 men in Poland is named Narcyz. 460 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1378 among male names.
Narcyz's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Narcyz as a middle name
Narcyz is a first name for 460 men in Poland and a middle name for another 578, a 44/56 split, almost evenly. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 297th, between Oscar (584) and Melchior (573).
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#295 Stanislaw586
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#296 Oscar584
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#297 Narcyz578
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#298 Melchior573
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#299 Lukas570