Given name & surname
Nera
Nera is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a flickering candle; born during Hannukah.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “resembling a flickering candle; born during Hannukah.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1894. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 151
- 0 boys · 151 girls
- Most popular year
- 1928
- 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 girls is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1928. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 187 as a first name in 2020; 214 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.
Nera’s family of names
Nera has a related form in Nerah. Nera has a related form in Nerit. Nera has a related form in Neriya.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nera
- Nera WhiteHall of Fame American basketball player1935–2016
- Nera Stipičevićfilm and stage actressborn 1983
- Nerina SimiItalian painter (1890-1987)
- Nera TiebwaKiribati judokaborn 2008
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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