Given name
Nerea
“daughter of mine”
Nerea is used as a given name. One Basque interpretation is “daughter of mine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Basque interpretation is “daughter of mine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Basque.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nerea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 126
- 0 boys · 126 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,291 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,291 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 286 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.
Nerea’s family of names
Nerea has a related form in Nery. Nerea has a related form in Neriah. Nerea has a related form in Neria.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Nerea
- Nina DobrevBulgarian-Canadian actressborn 1989
- Nerea CamachoSpanish actressborn 1996
- Nikolina ShterevaBulgarian middle distance runnerborn 1955
- Nerea BarrosSpanish actressborn 1981
- Nerea PenaSpanish handball playerborn 1989
- Nikolina BrnjacCroatian politician, State Secretary for European Affairsborn 1978
- Nikolina AngelkovaBulgarian politicianborn 1979
- Nerea GarmendiaSpanish actressborn 1979
- Nerea MartíSpanish racing driverborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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