Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
In mythological stories, Nemesis is associated with the goddess of vengeance.
Nemesis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 0 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 14 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 girls is 6 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 14 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 303 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.
Nemesis’s family of names
Nemesis has a related form in Nemisiss. Nemesis has a related form in Nemisys. Nemesis has a related form in Nemisyss.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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