# Narses (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/narses/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Narseos, Narseus, Narseh, Narsah, Narse, Nersi, Narsi, Nerses, Nerseh, Narsai, Narsay, Nerse |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ναρσῆς (Narsês), from Middle Persian 𐭭𐭥𐭮𐭧𐭩 (Narseh) or Parthian 𐭍𐭓𐭉𐭎𐭇𐭅 (nrysḥw /⁠Narisaxw⁠/), both ultimately from Old Iranian *Naryasanhah.

## In other languages

- Arabic: نَرْسِي
- Georgian: ნერსე
- Latin: Narseus, Narses
- Portuguese: Narses

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.