Given name
Niger
“black”·“rich”·“wisdom-hungry”
Niger is used as a given name.
Original GreekΝιγερ
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Niger means “black,” “rich” or “wisdom-hungry.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Niger is a biblical name from Latin.
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. 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 Niger appears in Acts 13:1.
From biblical name research
Niger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 11 boys · 25 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 9 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 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 156 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.
Niger’s family of names
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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