Given name & surname
Neri
“one who is daring”
Neri is a variant of Nery. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is daring.”
Original GreekΝηρι
Meaning & origin
What it means
Neri is a variant of Nery. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is daring.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Neri is a variant of Nery. An origin associated with Nery is Spanish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Neri appears in Luke 3:27, Jeremiah 32:12.
- Luke 3:27
- Jeremiah 32:12
From biblical name research
Neri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 878
- 650 boys · 228 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 93 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #11,634 for girls · #13,328 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,634 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,018 as a first name in 2020; 7,714 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.
Neri’s family of names
In Italian usage, Neri is a diminutive of Raniero. In Italian usage, Neri as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Nerio. Neri has a related form in Nery.
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Around the world
Neri has relatives in 3 languages.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 5
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Neri
- Neri OxmanIsraeli-American designer and academic (born 1976)
- Neri CardozoArgentine footballerborn 1986
- Neri di BicciItalian renaissance painter (1418-1492)1410–1492
- Neri Maria CorsiniItalian nobleman and Roman Catholic cardinal (1685-1770)
- Neri ParentiItalian director and screenwriterborn 1950
- Neri MarcorèItalian actorborn 1966
- Neri Corsini1614-1678 was an Italian cardinal
- Neri BandieraArgentinian association football playerborn 1989
- Neri ColmenaresPhilippine human-rights lawyer and national-democratic politicianborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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