Given name & surname
Neco
“striker”·“smiter”·“halter / stricken”
Neco is used as a given name and a surname.
Original Hebrewנכה
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Neco means “striker,” “smiter” or “halter / stricken.”
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Where it comes from
Neco is a biblical name from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From the Hebrew verb naka (נכה), “to smite or strike.”
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Neco appears in 2 Kings 23:29, 2 Kings 23:33-35, 2 Chronicles 36:4 and 1 other passage.
- 2 Kings 23:29
- 2 Kings 23:33-35
- 2 Chronicles 36:4
- Jeremiah 46:2
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Neco through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 225
- 187 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 228 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Neco’s family of names
Neco may belong to the same name family as NECCO. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Neco
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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