Nardos
Girl · NAR-dos · Greek
Nardos is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “spikenard, a fragrant oil”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Nardos mean?
Greek: Ethiopian name from Greek nardos, via Ge'ez
“spikenard, a fragrant oil”
Spikenard (nard) is the costly perfume with which Mary anointed Jesus's feet in the Gospels.
- Say it
- NAR-dos
Is Nardos a girl's or a boy's name?
Nardos is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nardos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Nardos, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Nardos of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Nardos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
How popular is Nardos in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Nardos in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nardos in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
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