Entry № 7277 · Greek origin

Nausicaa Nausicaa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ now-SIK-ah-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Phaeacian princess (Odyssey Book 6)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "phaeacian princess (odyssey book 6)".

Nausicaa is from the Greek Ναυσικάα (Nausikáa — burner of ships, excelling in ships) — from Greek naus (ship) + kaiō (to burn). Nausicaa is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek epic heritage.

Phaeacian princess (Greek).

The name in its native script.

Ναυσικάα
Transliteration
Nausikáa
Pronunciation
/ nɔːˈsɪk.ə.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nausicaa stands.

Nausicaa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nausicaas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nausicaa
Princess of Phaeacia + daughter of King Alcinous + Queen Arete + Homer's Odyssey Book 6 + James Joyce's Ulysses Chapter 13 + Miyazaki's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 1984.
Homer's Odyssey

Names connected to Nausicaa.

The number behind Nausicaa.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nausicaa reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.