Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1936. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nereida through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,703
- 6 boys · 3,697 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 155 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 149 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,771 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.
Nereida’s family of names
Nereida has a related form in Ninfa. Nereida has a related form in Nereyda. Nereida has a related form in Narine.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nereydavariant
- Narinevariant
- Ninfavariant
- Nerinavariant
- Neridavariant
- Nerinevariant
- Nerinvariant
- Neriedvariant
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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