Given name
Nerita
“woman from the sea”
Nerita is used as a given name. One Greek interpretation is “woman from the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “woman from the sea.”
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 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nerita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14
- 0 boys · 14 girls
- Most popular year
- 1935
- 14 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 14 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Nerita’s family of names
Nerita has a related form in Nereata. Nerita has a related form in Nereatah. Nerita has a related form in Nereeta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Nerritalikely variant
- Nereatahvariant
- Nereatavariant
- Nyretavariant
- Nyritavariant
- Niretavariant
- Niritavariant
- Nerytahvariant
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