Given name & surname
Nery
“one who is daring”
Nery is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “one who is daring.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “one who is daring.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nery through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,850
- 1,563 boys · 287 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 233 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #4,215 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +40%
- Rising
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 93% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,215 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 22.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 222 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,900 as a first name in 2020; 1,080 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.
Nery’s family of names
Nery has a related form in Neri. Nery has a related form in Nerea. Nery has a related form in Neree.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Nery
- Nery PumpidoArgentine footballer and managerborn 1957
- Nery CastilloMexican footballerborn 1984
- Nery BrenesCosta Rican sprinterborn 1985
- Nery VelosoChilean footballerborn 1987
- Nery DomínguezArgentinian association football playerborn 1990
- Nery LeyesArgentinian association football playerborn 1989
- Nery KennedyParaguayan athletics competitor (born 1973)
- Nery BareiroParaguayan footballerborn 1988
- Nery CardozoParaguayan association football playerborn 1989
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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