Given name & surname
Ney
Ney is a given name from Portuguese. It is used in English and Portuguese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1889. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31
- 31 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 11 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 boys is 5 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 419 as a first name in 2020; 3,016 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.
Ney’s family of names
In English usage, Ney as a surname has a related form in Nye. In English usage, Ney as a surname has a related form in NEU.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ney
- Ney FrancoBrazilian association football playerborn 1966
- Ney MatogrossoBrazilian singer (born 1941)
- Ney LatorracaBrazilian actor (1944–2024)
- Ney RosauroBrazilian musicianborn 1952
- Ney EliasBritish explorer (1844-1897)
- Ney LeprevostBrazilian politicianborn 1973
- Ney González SánchezMexican politicianborn 1963
- Ney FabianoBrazilian association football playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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