Narges as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Narges

What is the meaning of the name Narges ?

The baby name Narges is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced NAHR-guess.

Narges is Greek, Persian in Origin.

Narges is the Persian form of nargis/narges, the word for the narcissus or daffodil. Its older Iranian written form is Middle Persian nargis, a borrowing ultimately connected with Greek narkissos, the classical plant name. Greek etymology is uncertain, despite the ancient association with narke, numbness. Persian phonology reshaped the Greek k-s cluster to g-s, yielding the familiar floral noun and name.

As a given name, Narges belongs chiefly to Persian-speaking Iran, Afghanistan, and diaspora communities, with Nargis in Urdu and other Persianate languages and Nergis in Turkish. The flower is a standard image in Persian lyric poetry, often describing an eye or glance, which kept the word available as a feminine name. Twelver Shi'i tradition also knows Narjis/Nargis as associated with the mother of the Hidden Imam. Modern bearers include activist Narges Mohammadi and filmmaker Narges Abyar; in English-language records it remains uncommon.