Given name & surname
Nemo
“a nobody; a no-name”
Nemo is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “a nobody; a no-name.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “a nobody; a no-name.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
In English usage, Nemo is a diminutive of Geronimo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nemo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 68
- 68 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 8 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 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 287 as a first name in 2020; 291 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nemo’s family of names
In English usage, Nemo is a diminutive of Geronimo. Nemo has a related form in Nemoe. Nemo has a related form in Nemow.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Nemo
- NemoSwiss musician, singer and rapperborn 1999
- Nemo SchiffmanFrench actor and singerborn 2000
- Nemo SandmanFrench film director, composer and illustratorborn 1966
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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