Given name

Nyri

“a yellow-haired woman”

Nyri is a variant of Ngaire. One interpretation is “a yellow-haired woman.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Nyri is a variant of Ngaire. One interpretation is “a yellow-haired woman.”

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nyri through the years

Babies since 1880
27
0 boys · 27 girls
Most popular year
2025
9 babies
2025
9
#10,703 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20255.6
Nyri in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2017–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,703 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Nyri’s family of names

Nyri has a related form in Ngaire.

Walk Nyri’s family in the name graph

NyriNyreeNgaire

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

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Sibling ideas

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