Given name & surname
Nuria
“refers to the Virgin Mary”
Nuria is used as a given name and a surname. One Catalan interpretation is “refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Catalan interpretation is “refers to the Virgin Mary.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Catalan.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nuria through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 759
- 0 boys · 759 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 44 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #5,864 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +12%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,864 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 11.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 44 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,539 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.
Nuria’s family of names
Nuria has a related form in Nuriya. Nuria has a related form in Nurea. Nuria has a related form in Nureah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Nuria
- Nuria FernándezSpanish middle-distance runnerborn 1976
- Nuria GonzálezSpanish actressborn 1962
- Nuria Párrizas DíazSpanish tennis player (born 1991)
- Nuria MartínezSpanish basketball player (born 1984)
- Nuria FergóSpanish actress and singerborn 1979
- Nuria BrancaccioItalian tennis playerborn 2000
- Nuria RábanoSpanish association football playerborn 1999
- Nuria BagesMexican actressborn 1950
- Nuria BarriosSpanish writer, novelist and poetborn 1901
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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